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denigrate    音标拼音: [d'ɛnəgr,et]
vt. 使变黑,玷污,诋毁

使变黑,玷污,诋毁

denigrate
v 1: cause to seem less serious; play down; "Don't belittle his
influence" [synonym: {minimize}, {belittle}, {denigrate},
{derogate}]
2: charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name
and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!"
"The article in the paper sullied my reputation" [synonym:
{defame}, {slander}, {smirch}, {asperse}, {denigrate},
{calumniate}, {smear}, {sully}, {besmirch}]

Denigrate \Den"i*grate\, v. t. [L. denigrare; de- nigrare to
blacken, niger black.]
1. To blacken thoroughly; to make very black. --Boyle.
[1913 Webster]

2. Fig.: To blacken or sully; to defame. [R.]
[1913 Webster]

To denigrate the memory of Voltaire. --Morley.
[1913 Webster]


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