deprecate
英 ['deprɪkeɪt]
美 ['dɛprəket]
助記提示
1. pray => deprecate.
2. prec- (諧音“pray客”)-----祈禱客----祈禱、祈求的人。
中文詞源
deprecate 強烈反對de-, 向下，強調。-prec, 祈禱，詞源同precatory, imprecate, pray. 原義為祈禱惡魔離開，強烈的憎惡，後詞義通用化，強烈反對。
英文詞源
- deprecate
- deprecate: see pray
- deprecate (v.)
- 1620s, "to pray against or for deliverance from," from Latin deprecatus, past participle of deprecari "to pray (something) away" (see deprecation). Meaning "to express disapproval" is from 1640s. Related: Deprecated, deprecating.
雙語例句
- 1. As a lawyer, I would deprecate any sort of legal control on gene therapy at this stage.
- 作為律師，我會反對在現階段對基因療法進行任何形式的法律管製。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Some pacifists and all militarists deprecate social and political conflicts.
- 某些和平主義者和一切軍國主義者都反對社會性和政治性的鬥爭.
來自辭典例句
- 3. I strongly deprecate the use of violence by the students.
- 我強烈反對學生們使用暴力.
來自互聯網
- 4. Some of these, in turn , deprecate the term human resources as useless.
- 因此,其中也有些認為人力資源這個詞語毫無用處.
來自互聯網
- 5. The fashion now is to deprecate the positive contributions of Keynesian economics.
- 否認凱恩斯主義經濟理論的積極貢獻已成為當前的一種時尚.
來自互聯網