deprecate

英 [ˈdeprəkeɪt]

美 [ˈdeprəkeɪt]

v.  对…表示极不赞成; 强烈反对

现在分词：deprecating　过去分词：deprecated　过去式：deprecated　第三人称单数：deprecates　

TOEFLGRETEM8法律

BNC.32752 / COCA.33157

牛津词典

verb

• 对…表示极不赞成；强烈反对
  to feel and express strong disapproval of sth

柯林斯词典

• VERB 批评;反对
  If youdeprecatesomething, you criticize it.
  1. He deprecated the low quality of entrants to the profession...
     他对该行业中新人的低素质予以了批评。
  2. 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。

英英释义

verb

• belittle
  1. The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts
  Synonym:depreciatevilipend
• express strong disapproval of

双语例句

• His success in the recent series of competitions made his opponents no longer deprecate him.
  他在最近的一系列比赛中连连得胜，令他的对手不敢再轻视他。
• 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。
• The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts.
  老师不应该贬低学生的努力。
• So I wonder why people still look for reasons and justifications, why the even deprecate it.
  因此，我疑惑是为什么人们依旧寻找理由与辩解，为什么从未反对过这种观点。
• Shall we prostrate ourselves and deprecate his wrath?
  我们将匍伏在地上祈求他不要发怒吗？
• Most Russians would probably deprecate the actions of the three members of the punk rock band pussy riot in choosing a Moscow cathedral to lampoon Mr Putin.
  大多数俄罗斯人可能都不会赞成朋克乐队pussyriot三名成员的做法：选择在莫斯科的一处大教堂里唱歌讽刺普京。
• They expound glorify their own doctrines, but as for the doctrines of others, they deprecate them, revile them, show contempt for them, disparage them.
  他们阐述、颂扬自己的教义，但是对于他人的教义，则贬低、辱骂、鄙视、毁谤。
• All these reason, and the lack of volunteers willing to work with the Dojo tags have forced us to deprecate the Ajax tags.
  由于以上原因和缺少处理Dojo标签的志愿者，我们不得不减少对Ajax标签的关注。
• Yet in many ways, Machiavelli proceeds to deprecate the virtues of the nobility, perhaps to our surprise.
  然而在很多方面，马基雅维利却抨击，贵族阶级的所谓美德，或许这令我们很惊讶。
• 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。