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A derogatory remark, joke, name, or look puts a person or a group down. It shows you do not respect them, and it often insults. It is not just a bit negative — it has a sting.
A derogatory remark, joke, name, or look帶有貶意的話、玩笑、稱呼或眼神 puts a person or a group down會貶低某個人或某個群體。It shows這顯示 you do not respect them你不尊重他們 and it often insults而且常常帶有侮辱。It is not just a bit negative它不只是有點負面 it has a sting而是帶著刺。
Teachers and news writers like the word because they can mark speech as insulting without repeating the insult. It is a grown-up word, but not a lawyer-only word.
Teachers and news writers老師和新聞寫作者 like the word喜歡用這個字 because they can mark speech as insulting因為可以標示某句話帶有侮辱性 without repeating the insult卻不用把侮辱的話再講一次。It is a grown-up word這是個大人會用的詞 but not a lawyer-only word但不是只有律師才會用的詞。
In American talk about money you may also see derogatory marks on a credit report. That does not mean someone insulted you — it means late payments and other bad records that hurt your name. Same idea, stretched into banking.
In American talk about money在美國談到金錢的場合 you may also see derogatory marks on a credit report你也可能會在信用報告上看到 derogatory marks，也就是不良紀錄。That does not mean someone insulted you這不代表有人侮辱了你 it means late payments and other bad records而是指遲繳款項和其他不良紀錄 that hurt your name會損害你的信用名聲。Same idea一樣的概念 stretched into banking延伸到銀行金融的用法裡。
Though actually, we usually call the comment derogatory, not the person: a derogatory remark, not really a derogatory man.
Though actually不過其實 we usually call the comment derogatory我們通常是說某句話 derogatory not the person而不是說某個人 derogatory a derogatory remark像是說 a derogatory remark not really a derogatory man而不太會說 a derogatory man。
組成Borrowed from Late Latin dērogātōrius, from Latin dērogō. In English it matches derogate + -ory (tending to do that).
同家族的字
- derogatethe rarer verb this adjective was built from
原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
derogatoryadj/dɪˈɹɒɡətɹi/
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Disparaging.
- It was perfectly plain, that fast and far as scandal flies, Lady Anne's words, when derogatory to the Count, and that beloved wife, for whose sake they would have been most resented, had never reached their retreat in Devonshire, much less followed them to distant Italy.
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Tending to derogate
- The Tories […] knew that […] the House which should be the first to come to a resolution would have a great advantage over the other. […] The Commons had determined that, on Monday the twenty-eighth of January, they would take into consideration the state of the nation. The Tory Lords therefore proposed, on Friday the twenty-fifth, to enter instantly on the great business […]. But […] Devonshire moved that Tuesday the twenty-ninth should be the day. “By that time,” he said with more truth than discretion, “we may have some lights from below which may be useful for our guidance.” His motion was carried; but his language was severely censured by some of his brother peers as derogatory to their order.
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Tending to derogate:
- Acts of Parliament derogatory from the power of subsequent Parliaments bind not.
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Tending to derogate:
- Billie Jean King said Friday that the Australian Open’s Margaret Court Arena should have its name changed because of Court’s derogatory comments about gay and transgender people.
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lawBeing or pertaining to a derogatory clause.
derogatorynoun/dɪˈɹɒɡətɹi/
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businessfinanceA tradeline on a credit report that indicates negative credit history.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。