detraction
英 [d?'tr?k??n]
美[d?'tr?k??n]
- n. 誹謗；減損
GRE
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.
- 面對詆毀, 科學家們出于天性給予反駁,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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