| 单词 | deprecate |
| 释义 | deprecate (once / 1096 pages) v To deprecate is to show disapproval or to make someone feel unimportant by speaking to them disrespectfully, like seniors who deprecate younger students just for fun. To deprecate is to diminish, or to oppose, like when someone deprecates your dream of climbing Mt. Everest by calling it "a little walk up a hill." Some people deprecate themselves, which is called being self-deprecating. People who do are self-deprecating play down their abilities because they are humble — or want to appear that way. So if you do climb Everest and you are self-deprecating, you'll say it wasn't such a big deal, even if it was the proudest moment of your life. WORD FAMILYdeprecate: deprecated, deprecates, deprecating, deprecation, deprecative, deprecatory+/deprecating: deprecatingly, self-deprecating/deprecation: deprecations/deprecative: deprecatively/deprecatory: deprecatorily USAGE EXAMPLESThe 70-year-old businessman later said his remarks were "about a little deprecating humour which America lost for a long time". BBC(Dec 23, 2016) “And yes, it’s about a little deprecating humor which America lost for a long time,” he wrote. New York Times(Dec 23, 2016) MD5 is strongly deprecated and this points to troubling software development security practices in Yahoo or its suppliers.” The Guardian(Dec 15, 2016) 1v express strong disapproval of; deplore Hyper disapprove, reject deem wrong or inappropriate 2v belittle The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts Syn|Hypo|Hyper depreciate, vilipend deflate, puncture reduce or lessen the size or importance of belittle, disparage, pick at express a negative opinion of |
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