detract

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /dɪˈtɹækt/   

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To take away; to withdraw or remove. intransitive
    — The improvement here patented consists in so arranging the parts of an ever pointed pencil case, that the point which holds the pencil shall be obtruded and detracted without having a slot in the side, which a ferrule and pin to draw it down, as is ordinarily done.
  2. To take credit or reputation from; to derogate; to defame or decry. transitive
    — That calumnious critic […] / Detracting what laboriously we do.

词形变化

detracts present,singular,third-person detracting participle,present detracted participle,past detracted past

词汇关系

衍生词
detractable detraction detractive detractor
相关词
take away from

词源

Borrowed from Middle French détracter, from Latin detractum, past participle of detraho.
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