• adj. 輕蔑的；[臨床] 惡化的，變壞的
• n. 輕蔑語

來自拉丁語peior,更壞的，來自PIE*ped,腳，詞源同foot,impair,impeach.字母d脫落，拉丁語i在英語里音變?yōu)閖,-or,比較級后綴。詞義由其基本義腳引申為向下，低等，低到塵埃，卑賤，最后引申詞義貶損的，輕蔑的。

pejorative (adj.)

"depreciative, disparaging," 1888, from French péjoratif, from Late Latin peiorat-, past participle stem of peiorare "make worse," from Latin peior "worse," related to pessimus "worst," pessum "downward, to the ground," from PIE *ped-yos-, comparative of root *ped- "to walk, stumble, impair" (see peccadillo). As a noun from 1882. English had a verb pejorate "to worsen" from 1640s.

1. Isn't there a suggestion that "poetess" is slightly pejorative?

難道沒有人提出“女詩人”有點兒貶義嗎？

來自柯林斯例句

2. 'Swot'is a pejorative term for someone who studies a lot.

swot是一個貶義詞,指用功苦讀的人.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. I agree I am ambitious, and I don't see that as a pejorative term.

我承認我有野心，但我不認為這是個貶義詞。

來自柯林斯例句

4. In the context of ethnic tourism, commercialization often has a pejorative connotation.

摘要在民族旅游語境中, 商品化經(jīng)常帶有貶義色彩.

來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)

5. Vegetal Tasting term used to describe a vegetable like aroma. Usually pejorative.

植物的:品嘗術(shù)語,用來描述一種像植物的香味. 通常用作貶義.

來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)