- 1貶低、說得一文不值（用話把對方或那件事壓下去）
To disparage someone or something is to talk about them in a way that makes them sound small, weak, or not important. You are not only pointing at a mistake; you are lowering their worth. It can be a cutting joke, a “that’s nothing” comment, or a careful put-down in a meeting. It is a fairly formal verb; in casual talk people more often say put down, talk down, or run down. Though actually, the older French idea was about rank: treating someone as not your equal, as lower. Today we mostly use it for talk that makes a person, a job, a language, or an idea sound like it does not count. It is , and in careful English it often carries a quiet warning: this kind of talk is not fair.
組成借自中古法語：des-（離開、不）+ parage（同等身分、地位）。最早的畫面是「不當成同一級的人」。
同家族的字
- disparagementthe noun: the talk or the act of disparaging
- disparagingthe adjective: that kind of remark or tone
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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。
disparagenoun/dɪsˈpæɹɪd͡ʒ/
- 1
obsoleteInequality in marriage; marriage with an inferior.
- But, for his meane degree might not aspire / To match so high, her friends with counsell sage / Dissuaded her from such a disparage […]
disparageverb/dɪsˈpæɹɪd͡ʒ/
- 1
obsoleteTo match unequally; to degrade or dishonor.
- Alas! that any of my nation Should ever so foul disparaged be.
- 2
To dishonor by a comparison with what is inferior; to lower in rank or estimation by actions or words; to speak slightingly of; to depreciate; to undervalue.
- August 30, 1706, Francis Atterbury, a sermon preach'd in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, at the funeral of Mr. Tho. Bennet those forbidding appearances which sometimes disparage the actions of men sincerely pious
- Thou durst not thus disparage glorious arms.
- 3
To ridicule, mock, discredit.
- Had he disparaged my personal appearance I should in all probability have laughed at him with lively indifference
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