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If you use a word pejoratively, you use it as a put-down: to show or to insult. The adverb tells you HOW the word is being used in that moment, not what the word must always mean. Someone can say 'academic' in a plain way, or pejoratively — meaning out of touch, only in books. Same spelling, different intent. This is a formal classroom and essay word. In easy talk, people say 'she said it in a rude way' or 'he meant it as an insult'. Though actually, tone, who is speaking, and who is listening all decide whether a use is pejorative; the letters on the page are not enough.
帶貶義地;用貶低的口氣
組成pejorative (showing disapproval / insulting) + -ly (turns the adjective into an adverb: 'in that way').
同家族的字
- pejorativethe adjective this adverb is made from
原始詞典資料1 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。
pejorativelyadv
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In a pejorative manner. Insultingly, disparagingly; so as to belittle another or harm their reputation.
- Despite their number and their assimilationist proclivities, Filipino Punjabis are sometimes pejoratively called 'five-six Indians'.
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。