de·tract /dɪˈtrækt, di-/
(v.)減損,貶低,轉移
De·tract v. t. [imp. & p. p. Detracted; p. pr. & vb. n. Detracting.]
1. To take away; to withdraw.
Detract much from the view of the without. --Sir H. Wotton.
2. To take credit or reputation from; to defame.
That calumnious critic . . .
Detracting what laboriously we do. --Drayton.
Syn: -- To derogate; decry; disparage; depreciate; asperse; vilify; defame; traduce. See Decry.
De·tract, v. i. To take away a part or something, especially from one's credit; to lessen reputation; to derogate; to defame; -- often with from.
It has been the fashion to detract both from the moral and literary character of Cicero. --V. Knox.
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detract
v : take away a part from; diminish; "His bad manners detract
from his good character" [syn: take away]