discredit

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /dɪsˈkɹɛd.ɪt/    美 /dɪsˈkɹɛd.ɪt/|/dɪsˈkɹed.ɪt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Discrediting or disbelieving. countable,uncountable
    — Mr. Burton disbelieves it, and has brought sufficient reasons for his discredit of so improbable a story.
  2. A person or thing that causes harm to a reputation, as of a person, family, or institution. countable
    — […] that now and then a young man of that profession did actually appear among us, who was not a discredit to his country.
  3. The state of being discredited or disbelieved. uncountable
    — Later accounts have brought the story into discredit.
  4. A degree of dishonour or disesteem; ill repute; reproach. uncountable
    — It is the duty of every Christian to be concerned for the reputation or discredit his life may bring on his profession.
动词 v.
  1. To harm the good reputation of (a person). transitive
    — The candidate tried to discredit his opponent.
  2. To cause (an idea or piece of evidence) to seem false or unreliable. transitive
    — The evidence would tend to discredit such a theory.

词形变化

discredits present,singular,third-person discrediting participle,present discredited participle,past discredited past discredits plural

词汇关系

衍生词
discreditable discreditor

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-
Proto-Italic *dis-
Latin dis-
Old French des-bor.
▲
Latin dis-bor.
Middle English dis-
English dis-
English credit
English discredit
From dis- + credit.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-
Proto-Italic *dis-
Latin dis-
Old French des-bor.
▲
Latin dis-bor.
Middle English dis-
English dis-
English credit
English discredit
From dis- + credit.
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