denigrate是什么意思

vt. 诋毁；使变黑；玷污

中文词源

denigrate 诽谤

de-, 向下，强调。-nigr, 黑色，词源同negro. 引申词义抹黑，诽谤。

denigrate: denigrate: [16] To denigrate people is literally to ‘blacken’ them. The word comes from Latin dēnigrāre ‘blacken’, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix dē- and niger ‘black’. This adjective, which is of unknown origin, also produced French noir ‘black’ and Italian nero ‘black’, and is the source (via Spanish negro) of English negro [16] and the now taboo nigger [18]. Denigrate originally meant ‘physically turn something black’ as well as the metaphorical ‘defame, belittle’: ‘This lotion will denigrate the hairs of hoary heads’, Richard Tomlinson, Renodaeus’ Medicinal dispensatory 1657.
=> negro, nigger
denigrate (v.): 1520s, from Latin denigratus, past participle of denigrare "to blacken, defame," from de- "completely" (see de-) + nigr-, stem of niger "black" (see Negro). which is of unknown origin. "Apparently disused in 18th c. and revived in 19th c." [OED]. Related: Denigrated; denigrating.

2. To assert this is to denigrate the effectiveness of the police.: 坚持这一点就是贬低警方的办事能力.

4. The Canadian Supreme Court ruled that the State can ban pornographic images which "denigrate women".: 加拿大最高法院裁定国家有权查禁“侮辱女性”的色情图片。

5. The amendment prohibits obscene or indecent materials which denigrate the objects or beliefs of a particular religion.: 该修正案对贬损某一宗教教物或信仰的淫秽或不雅内容予以禁止。