英语词汇“pejoration”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

pej·o·ra·tion

(pĕj′ə-rāshən, pē′jə-)

1. The process or condition of worsening or degenerating.

2. Linguistics The process by which the meaning of a word becomes negative or disparaging over a period of time, as silly, from Middle English seely, "blessed, innocent," has come to mean "showing a lack of good sense, frivolous."

[Medieval Latin pēiōrātiō, pēiōrātiōn-, from Late Latin pēiōrātus, past participle of pēiōrāre, to make worse, from Latin pēior, worse; see ped- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

单词	pejoration
释义	pej·o·ra·tion (pĕj′ə-rāshən, pē′jə-) n. 1. The process or condition of worsening or degenerating. 2. Linguistics The process by which the meaning of a word becomes negative or disparaging over a period of time, as silly, from Middle English seely, "blessed, innocent," has come to mean "showing a lack of good sense, frivolous." [Medieval Latin pēiōrātiō, pēiōrātiōn-, from Late Latin pēiōrātus, past participle of pēiōrāre, to make worse, from Latin pēior, worse; see ped- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
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