| 单词 | to detract from |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto detract from a. absol. or intransitive. To take away a portion. Usually to detract from: to take away from, diminish, lessen (a quality, value, authority, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > deduction > deduct [verb (intransitive)] subtray?c1425 abatec1467 detracta1592 substract1637 debate1658 subtract1682 the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > deduction > deduct [verb (transitive)] > detract from takec1475 diminish?1504 derogate1556 to take off1639 to detract from1699 a1592 H. Smith Wks. (1866–7) I. 65 To the testament of him that is dead, no man addeth or detracteth. 1699 Bp. G. Burnet Expos. 39 Articles (1700) vi. 89 This may be urged to detract from its Authority. 1799 H. T. Colebrooke in T. E. Colebrooke Life H. Colebrooke (1873) 446 The sight..detracted from the pleasure with which the landscape might be viewed. 1827 T. Jarman Powell's Ess. Learning of Devises (ed. 3) II. 101 These circumstances detract from the weight of the decision. 1863 D. G. Mitchell My Farm of Edgewood 47 This alteration was of so old a date as not to detract from the venerable air of the house. < as lemmas |
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