deprecate

英 ['deprɪkeɪt]美 ['dɛprəket]
  • vt. 反对；抨击；轻视；声明不赞成
TEM8 GRE 扩展词汇

助记提示

1. pray => deprecate.
2. prec- (谐音“pray客”)-----祈祷客----祈祷、祈求的人。

中文词源

deprecate 强烈反对

de-, 向下，强调。-prec, 祈祷，词源同precatory, imprecate, pray. 原义为祈祷恶魔离开，强烈的憎恶，后词义通用化，强烈反对。

英文词源

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.

双语例句

1. As a lawyer, I would deprecate any sort of legal control on gene therapy at this stage.
作为律师，我会反对在现阶段对基因疗法进行任何形式的法律管制。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Some pacifists and all militarists deprecate social and political conflicts.
某些和平主义者和一切军国主义者都反对社会性和政治性的斗争.
来自辞典例句
3. I strongly deprecate the use of violence by the students.
我强烈反对学生们使用暴力.
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4. Some of these, in turn , deprecate the term human resources as useless.
因此,其中也有些认为人力资源这个词语毫无用处.
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5. The fashion now is to deprecate the positive contributions of Keynesian economics.
否认凯恩斯主义经济理论的积极贡献已成为当前的一种时尚.
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