英単語

detractionの意味・使い方・発音

detraction

英 [dɪ'trækʃən] 美 [dɪ'trækʃən]
  • n.中傷; 軽蔑

英語の語源


detraction (n.)
mid-14c., from Old French detraccion "detraction, disparagement, denigration," from Latin detractionem (nominative detractio) "a drawing off," from past participle stem of detrahere "take down, pull down, disparage," from de- "down" (see de-) + trahere "to pull" (see tract (n.1)). The fem. form detractress is attested from 1716.

例文


1. Faced with such detraction ,scientists characteristically retort that science,unlike witchcraft,works.
中傷に直面し、科学者たちは天性から反論し、科学は呪術ではなく、確かに有効だと主張した。

2.Envy has no other quality But that of detraction from virtue.
嫉妬は美徳を損なう以外に取り柄がない。

3.Envy has no other quality but that of detraction from virtue.
嫉妬は美徳を損なう以外に何の役にも立たない。

4. Detraction will not suffer it.
誹謗は許されない.

5. Detraction pursues the great.
人は物議をかもし、木は風に吹かれる。

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