记忆方法
将“pejorative”分解为“pej”和“orative”。联想“pej”像是一个人低声说话（“pe”+“j”+“低声”），而“orative”听起来像“orator”，即演讲者。想象一个演讲者低声说着贬低或负面的内容，这样就形成了“pejorative”表示贬义、侮辱性的意思。
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中文词源
pejorative 贬损的，轻蔑的
来自拉丁语peior,更坏的，来自PIE*ped,脚，词源同foot,impair,impeach.字母d脱落，拉丁语i在英语里音变为j,-or,比较级后缀。词义由其基本义脚引申为向下，低等，低到尘埃，卑贱，最后引申词义贬损的，轻蔑的。
英语词源
- 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.
权威例句
- 1. Isn't there a suggestion that "poetess" is slightly pejorative?
- 难道没有人提出“女诗人”有点儿贬义吗？
- 2. 'Swot'is a pejorative term for someone who studies a lot.
- swot是一个贬义词,指用功苦读的人.
- 3. I agree I am ambitious, and I don't see that as a pejorative term.
- 我承认我有野心，但我不认为这是个贬义词。
- 4. In the context of ethnic tourism, commercialization often has a pejorative connotation.
- 摘要在民族旅游语境中, 商品化经常带有贬义色彩.
- 5. Vegetal Tasting term used to describe a vegetable like aroma. Usually pejorative.
- 植物的:品尝术语,用来描述一种像植物的香味. 通常用作贬义.