pejorative

英式音标：[pɪˈdʒɒrətɪv]

美式音标：[pɪˈdʒɔrətɪv]

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概况：

adj. 轻蔑的；[临床] 恶化的，变坏的

n. 轻蔑语

词义：

adj.

轻蔑的，贬损的；

n.

轻蔑语；

英英释义

pejorative[ 'pi:dʒərətive ]

adj.expressing disapproval

同义词：dyslogisticdislogistic

用法：

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

The word has a pejorative overtone.
这个单词有点贬义。

I'm using the word 'academic' here in a pejorative sense.
我这里使用的“学术”一词是贬义的。

权威例句

Pejoratives

A puzzle about pejoratives

"Futility"--too ambiguous and pejorative a term?

Reference, Inference and the Semantics of Pejoratives

Hybrid Expressivism and the Analogy between Pejoratives and Moral Language

Confronting Inadvertent Stigma and Pejorative Language in Addiction Scholarship: A Recognition and Response

Can a less pejorative Chinese translation for schizophrenia reduce stigma? A study of adolescents' attitudes toward people with schi...

Naming the "outsider within": homophobic pejoratives and the verbal abuse of lesbian, gay and bisexual high-school pupils.

Increased expression of the vascular endothelial growth factor is a pejorative prognosis marker in papillary thyroid carcinoma.

Making computers think like people: The term `fuzzy thinking¿ is pejorative when applied to humans, but fuzzy logic is an asset t...

同义词：sniffish,scornful

同根词：pejoratively,pejorative

英语词源：

pejorative (adj.)

"depreciative, disparaging," 1888, from French péjoratif, from Late Latin peiorat-, past participle stem of peiorare "make worse," from Latin peior "worse," related to pessimus "worst," pessum "downward, to the ground," from PIE *ped-yos-, comparative of root *ped- "to walk, stumble, impair" (see peccadillo). As a noun from 1882. English had a verb pejorate "to worsen" from 1640s.

造句：

1. in a pejorative manner.

以带有轻蔑意义的方式。

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考

2. pejorative synonym for lesbian.

对女同性恋者的同义轻蔑语。

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考

3. We note that the term ″discrimination″ is usually used in a pejorative sense and refers to the unjust

我们注意到“歧视”一词通常带有轻蔑的含义,指对于不同性别、社会地位、宗教和肤色的不公平的待遇。

-- 来源 -- 网友提供

4. sponsor, Korean-American state senator Paull Shin, the law was passed because the term "Oriental" is "pejorative

根据提出这条法律的韩国裔参议员保罗-申所说，该项法律得以通过，是因为“东方人”是个带贬损味道的专用词，是得罪人的。

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考

5. the pejorative suffix

带贬意的词尾(如-aster等)

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考

6. without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers.

没有限制的；非正式的用来（常常是轻蔑的）加强语气。

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考

7. pejorative adj.

退化的；轻蔑的

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考[网络]

8. Culture is reflected in language, and the large number of pejorative ethnic terms in American English

语言反映了文化，在美国英语中大量的具有贬义的与种族有关的词汇表明美国仍然存在着民族、种族间的紧张关系。

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考

9. pejorative remarks, comments, words, etc

贬抑的言语、 评语、 词语等.

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考