deprecate

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈdɛpɹɪkeɪt/|/ˈdɛpɹəkeɪt/    美 /ˈdɛp.rɪˌkeɪt/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To express disapproval of, protest or plead against. transitive
    — They deprecated the attempt to deny aid to homeless people.
  2. To belittle, depreciate. transitive
    — He deprecates any praise of his own merits.
  3. To declare something obsolescent; to recommend against a function, technique, command, etc. that still works but has been replaced. transitive
    — The 'bold' tag has been deprecated in favour of the 'strong' tag.
  4. To pray against. archaic,transitive
    — And in deprecating of Evil, we make an humble Acknowledgement of Guilt; and of God’s Juſtice in chaſtizing, as well as Clemency, in ſparing the Guilty.
  5. To regret deeply. archaic,transitive

词形变化

deprecates present,singular,third-person deprecating participle,present deprecated participle,past deprecated past

词汇关系

衍生词
deprecatory self-deprecate
相关词
deprecation discontinue

词源

Borrowed from Latin dēprecātus, perfect active participle of dēprecor (“to pray against (a present or impending evil) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), pray for, intercede for (that which is in danger), rarely imprecate”), from dē- (“off”) + precor (“to pray”).
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