deprecate的意思

deprecate

英式音标['dɛprəket]
美式英标['deprɪkeɪt]

基本解释

vt. 反对；抨击；轻视；声明不赞成

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.

实用例句

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。

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.

3. I strongly deprecate the use of violence by the students.: 我强烈反对学生们使用暴力.

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.

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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