pejorative

简单释义：

adj.贬损的；轻蔑的

n.【语】轻蔑语

网络带有轻蔑意义的；退化的；贬低的

变形：

复数：pejoratives  

完整释义：

adj.

1.退化(贬抑)的
2.恶化的,变坏的;使带有轻蔑[贬低]意义的

n.

1.【语法】轻蔑语

例句：

1. I find the whole slant of this article pejorative and misleading.
   我发现，文章的落脚点是偏激的且具有误导性的。

2. I balked at that statement because I refuse to accept the belief that work is a pejorative.
   我拒绝这个说法，因为我不愿接受工作含有贬义的看法。

3. We don't call Social Security "welfare" because it's a pejorative term and politicians don't want to offend.
   我们不能把社会保障视为社会福利，因为社会保险是个贬义词且政客们不想因此而冒犯社会。

4. Many use the term myth in a pejorative sense to mean that the stories described are not factually true.
   许多人把神话这个词用作贬义，神话意味着描述的故事事实上是不存在的。

5. Jargon is inappropriate, whether elevated, as in specialized technical language, or demeaning, as in a pejorative gibe.
   技术行话，不论多专业或是多富含技术性，此类意含嘲讽的写法皆不宜使用。

6. But "fat" is only pejorative when we allow places like the sun bar to tell us that being fat somehow makes us less of a person.
   可是，只有当我们许可像太阳酒吧如许的处所告诉我们，肥胖莫名其妙地让我们低人一等的时辰，“肥胖”才具有贬义。

7. For my father, who saved or gave away so much of his modest income, the ultimate pejorative was "big spender. "
   我的父亲，为了他收入不高的工作保留和放弃很多，这样做的根本就是他是一个巨大的挥霍者。

8. Because it's cheap, in the pejorative sense, as well as inexpensive.
   因为他们低贱，这里是贬义，以及便宜。

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