pejorative
英 [p?'d??r?t?v]
美[p?'d??r?t?v]
- adj. 輕蔑的；[臨床] 惡化的，變壞的
- n. 輕蔑語
GRE暢通詞匯
詞態變化
副詞:?pejoratively;
中文詞源
pejorative 貶損的，輕蔑的
來自拉丁語peior,更壞的，來自PIE*ped,腳，詞源同foot,impair,impeach.字母d脫落，拉丁語i在英語里音變為j,-or,比較級后綴。詞義由其基本義腳引申為向下，低等，低到塵埃，卑賤，最后引申詞義貶損的，輕蔑的。
英文詞源
- pejorative (adj.)
- "depreciative, disparaging," 1888, from French péjoratif, from Late Latin peiorat-, past participle stem of peiorare "make worse," from Latin peior "worse," related to pessimus "worst," pessum "downward, to the ground," from PIE *ped-yos-, comparative of root *ped- "to walk, stumble, impair" (see peccadillo). As a noun from 1882. English had a verb pejorate "to worsen" from 1640s.
雙語例句
- 1. Isn't there a suggestion that "poetess" is slightly pejorative?
- 難道沒有人提出“女詩人”有點兒貶義嗎？
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. 'Swot'is a pejorative term for someone who studies a lot.
- swot是一個貶義詞,指用功苦讀的人.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. I agree I am ambitious, and I don't see that as a pejorative term.
- 我承認我有野心，但我不認為這是個貶義詞。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. In the context of ethnic tourism, commercialization often has a pejorative connotation.
- 摘要在民族旅游語境中, 商品化經常帶有貶義色彩.
來自互聯網
- 5. Vegetal Tasting term used to describe a vegetable like aroma. Usually pejorative.
- 植物的:品嘗術語,用來描述一種像植物的香味. 通常用作貶義.
來自互聯網