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dep·re·cate AHD[dĕpʹrĭ-kāt'] D.J.[ˈdeprɪˌkeɪt]K.K.[ˈdɛprɪˌket]v.tr.（及物动词）de.pre.cat.ed, de.pre.cat.ing, de.pre.cates - To express disapproval of; deplore.反对：表示不赞成；反对
- To belittle; depreciate.轻视；蔑视
- Latin dēprecārī dēprecāt- [to ward off by prayer] 拉丁语 dēprecārī dēprecāt- [祈求躲避]
- dē- [de-] dē- [de-否前缀]
- precārī [to pray] * see prek- precārī [祈求，祈祷] * 参见 prek-
depʹrecat'ingly adv.（副词）dep'recaʹtion n.（名词）depʹreca'tor n.（名词）- The first and fully accepted meaning ofdeprecate is "to express disapproval of.” But the word has steadily encroached on the meaning ofdepreciate. It is now used, almost to the exclusion ofdepreciate, in the sense "to belittle or mildly disparage,” as inHe deprecated his own contribution. In an earlier survey,this newer sense was approved by a majority of the Usage Panel.Deprecate 的第一个并被完全接受的意义是“表示不满”。 但这个词已逐渐延展到depreciate 的意义。 而现在depreciate 在“贬低或轻度鄙视”这个意义上几乎不使用了。 例如他看不起自己的贡献。 在早期的一项调查中，这个新意义为用法专题使用小组的大多数成员所赞同
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