pejorative

adj.轻蔑的，贬损的

n.轻蔑语

adj.

1. 贬损的；轻蔑的
   a word or remark that is pejorative expresses disapproval or criticism
   1. I'm using the word ‘academic’ here in a pejorative sense.
      我这里使用的“学术”一词是贬义的。

adj. 轻蔑的；[临床] 恶化的，变坏的 n. 轻蔑语

名词复数形式:pejoratives

1. I agree I am ambitious, and I don't see that as a pejorative term
   我承认我有野心，但我不认为这是个贬义词。
2. Isn't there a suggestion that 'poetess' is slightly pejorative?
   难道没有人提出“女诗人”有点儿贬义吗？
3. After years of parents giving their children silly names the Mexican state of Sonora released a list of of names that were banned for being derogatory, pejorative, discriminatory or lacking in meaning.
   经过了这些年父母给孩子取了不少蠢名字，墨西哥索诺拉州发布了一张取名名单，禁止取名贬义的、轻蔑的、有歧视的或贫穷的含义。
4. Patent troll is a pejorative term. A more neutral term, and the one that RPX uses, is non-practicing entity, or NPE.
   专利流氓这个称呼带有鄙夷的意味，而RPX公司所使用了一个更中性的称谓&非专利实施主体，即NPE。
5. The word has a pejorative overtone.
   这个单词有点贬义。
6. Do you think'brit'is a pejorative term?
   你是否认为brit是一个贬义的字眼？
7. Jargon is inappropriate, whether elevated, as in specialized technical language, or demeaning, as in a pejorative gibe.
   技术行话，不论多专业或是多富含技术性，此类意含嘲讽的写法皆不宜使用。
8. Although the term "pyramid" may sound rather pejorative, it is true of all pension schemes.
   尽管说成是“老鼠”这词儿听起来带有强烈贬义，但是事实上所有养老金计划都是这样。
9. But "fat" is only pejorative when we allow places like the sun bar to tell us that being fat somehow makes us less of a person.
   但是，只有当我们允许像太阳酒吧这样的地方告诉我们，肥胖莫名其妙地让我们低人一等的时候，“肥胖”才具有贬义。
10. It has only more recently acquired pejorative associations.
    只是最近它变得有些贬义。
11. I didn't think he was using inequality in a pejorative sense.
    我认为他用“不平等”一词并不带贬义。
12. In the context of ethnic tourism, commercialization often has a pejorative connotation.
    摘要在民族旅游语境中，商品化经常带有贬义色彩。
13. In a pejorative manner.
    以带有轻蔑意义的方式。
14. In line with IMF standards, US policy should focus on currencies that are in fundamental misalignment, abandoning the pejorative and accusatory term "manipulation" that was used.
    要符合国际货币基金组织的标准，美国的政策应把目标集中在从根本上失调的货币，放弃过去使用的带有污蔑性和指责口吻的“操纵”一词。
15. Without qualification; used informally as ( often pejorative) intensifiers.
    没有限制的；非正式的用来（常常是轻蔑的）加强语气。
16. This is not "dogmatism" in the pejorative sense ofindoctrination and narrow-mindedness.
    这并不是满嘴说教、心胸狭隘等贬义的“教条主义”。
17. Pejorative remarks, comments, words, etc
    贬抑的言语、评语、词语等.骂人的语言、话等
18. A pejorative term for what companies can pull off with a clever copy writer, some nice graphics, and a bit of an advertising budget.
    贬义词，指那些获得了一名聪明拷贝作家、一些漂亮图片以及一点点广告预算的公司。
19. Something terribl must have happened for the word'home'to have come to have such a pejorative connotation for him.
    一定发生过什么可怕的事情，因为“家”这个字对他竟有如此的贬义。
20. But news organizations also should make every effort to keep the discussion civil and to discourage the dissemination of falsehoods or pejorative attacks on others.
    但是，新闻媒体也应尽一切努力来保证讨论以文明的方式进行，并阻止传播谎言或对他人的贬义攻击。
21. Yet we need not be readers of Ruskin to know that competition also has a pejorative sense, even in American usage.
    然而，我们就是不读拉斯金的书也知道，竞争也是带有贬意的，哪怕是在美语的用法中也是这样。
22. Objective To investigate the action and significance of phospholipase A 2 ( PLA 2) in the pejorative process of pedo-acute lung injury.
    目的探讨磷脂酶A2在急性肺损伤（ALI）恶化进程中的作用及意义。
23. In legal theories, legal formalism has always been used as a certain pejorative.
    法律形式主义已经成了法律理论中一个确定无疑的贬义词。
24. It means that some words are fine when referring to males, but their meanings become pejorative when referring to females.
    有些词用于指男性时词义是好的，但当它们用于指女性时，却变成了贬义词。