• vt. 詆毀；使變黑；玷污

de-, 向下，強調。-nigr, 黑色，詞源同negro. 引申詞義抹黑，誹謗。

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.

1. I didn't intend to denigrate her achievements.

我不是想貶低她的成績。

來自《權威詞典》

2. To assert this is to denigrate the effectiveness of the police.

堅持這一點就是貶低警方的辦事能力.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. It was unkind to denigrate her achievement.

貶低她的成就是刻薄的.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

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國家有權查禁“侮辱女性”的色情圖片。

來自柯林斯例句

5. The amendment prohibits obscene or indecent materials which denigrate the objects or beliefs of a particular religion.

該修正案對貶損某一宗教教物或信仰的淫穢或不雅內容予以禁止。

來自柯林斯例句