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单词 low-rate
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low-ratev.

Brit. /ˌləʊˈreɪt/, U.S. /ˈloʊˌreɪt/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: low adv., rate v.2
Etymology: < low adv. + rate v.2 Compare earlier low-rated adj. With the specific use perhaps compare also rate v.1
transitive. To place a low value or rating on; spec. (chiefly U.S. regional (southern) and in African-American usage) to denigrate, disparage, depreciate; to demean, belittle.
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1743 Daily Post 7 Feb. 1/2 New Persons offering themselves at other Theatres have been rejected and low-rated with Contempt.
1743 A. Hill Fanciad iii. 25 At home low-rated, and despis'd abroad, Vainly you rage.
1897 Forest & Stream 16 Jan. 45/2 He'll sit there humbly and let a little fellow like me low-rate him.
1923 E. V. Smith in B. C. Williams O. Henry Prize Stories of 1923 (1924) 10 I wasn't aimin' to low-rate you none just because of your daddy.
1931 A. Bontemps God Sends Sunday 179 Damn if you's gonna low-rate me in ma own house.
1960 Ebony Jan. 111/3 I do not do anything that low-rates my race.
1980 Observer 10 Aug. 17/8 Some talented managers whose ability had been consistently low-rated by their superiors were..promoted.
2003 J. Stockmyer No Fury ii. 21 Because she'd low-rated him, he'd added a couple hundred to the bill.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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