英語單詞

detraction是什麽意思

detraction

英 [dɪ'trækʃən] 美 [dɪ'trækʃən]
  • n. 誹謗;減損

助記提示


1、de- "down" + tract- + -ion.

英文詞源


detraction (n.)
mid-14c., from Old French detraccion "detraction, disparagement, denigration," from Latin detractionem (nominative detractio) "a drawing off," from past participle stem of detrahere "take down, pull down, disparage," from de- "down" (see de-) + trahere "to pull" (see tract (n.1)). The fem. form detractress is attested from 1716.

雙語例句


1. Faced with such detraction, scientists characteristically retort that science, unlike witchcraft, works.
麵對詆毀, 科學家們出於天性給予反駁,宣稱科學不是巫術, 確實有效.

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2. Envy has no other quality But that of detraction from virtue.
嫉妒除了損壞美德外,別無可取之處.

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3. Envy has no other quality but that of detraction from virtue.
嫉妒除了毀損美德外,別無他用.

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4. Detraction will not suffer it.
毀謗不容許它這樣做.

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5. Detraction pursues the great.
人大招物議,樹大惹風吹.

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