vilipend

vt. 轻视, 诋毁 [法] 诽谤, 蔑视

发音

UK /ˈvɪlɪpɛnd/
US /ˈvɪləˌpɛnd/

词形变化

vilipended vilipendeth vilipending vilipends 三单 vilipends vilipending 现在分词 vilipended 过去式 vilipended 过去分词 vilipendeth 三单 vilipended 复数

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To treat (something) as inconsequential or worthless; to despise, to look down on.

    过时 正式 及物
  2. 2.

    To express a disparaging opinion of; to slander or vilify.

    过时 正式 及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 2

deprecate depreciate

上位词 3

belittle pick at disparage

下位词 2

puncture deflate

词源

From Middle English vilipenden (“to treat (something) as contemptible”) [and other forms], from Old French vilipender (modern French vilipender (“to condemn, despise, revile, scorn, vilipend, vilify”)), or its etymon Latin vilipendō, from vīlis (“cheap, inexpensive; base, mean, vile, worthless”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to buy, sell”)) + pendō (“to hang, suspend; to weigh, weigh out; (figuratively) to consider, ponder”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- (“to stretch”)). The English word is cognate with Italian vilipendere (“to despise, scorn, vilipend”), Portuguese vilipendiar (“to vilify”), Spanish vilipendiar (“to vilify”).

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