pejorative
柯林斯詞典
1. ADJ A pejorative word or expression is one that expresses criticism of someone or something. 批評(píng)的; 貶損的; 貶義的[正式]
I agree I am ambitious, and I don't see that as a pejorative term. 我承認(rèn)我有抱負(fù)，但我不認(rèn)爲(wèi)這是個(gè)貶義詞。
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pejorative /p??d??r?t?v/
劍橋詞典
- expressing disapproval , or suggesting that something is not good or is of no importance
貶抑的，貶損的
Make sure students realize that "fat " is a pejorative word. 一定要讓學(xué)生明白 fat（肥胖）是貶損詞。
It comes as quite a shock to still hear a judge describing a child as "illegitimate ", with all the pejorative overtones of that word. 令人大爲(wèi)震驚的是，盡琯“私生子”一詞帶有強(qiáng)烈的貶義，但現(xiàn)在仍能聽到法官稱某個(gè)孩子爲(wèi)私生子。 返回 pejorative