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detract 音標拼音: [dɪtr'ækt] v. 減損,貶低,轉移 減損,貶低,轉移 detract v 1: take away a part from; diminish; " His bad manners detract from his good character" [ synonym: { take away}, { detract}] Detract \ 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. [ 1913 Webster] It has been the fashion to detract both from the moral and literary character of Cicero. -- V. Knox. [ 1913 Webster]
Detract \ De* tract"\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Detracted}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Detracting}.] [ L. detractus, p. p. of detrahere to detract; de trahere to draw: cf. F. d[' e] tracter. See { Trace}.] 1. To take away; to withdraw. [ 1913 Webster] Detract much from the view of the without. -- Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To take credit or reputation from; to defame. [ 1913 Webster] That calumnious critic . . . Detracting what laboriously we do. -- Drayton. Syn: To derogate; decry; disparage; depreciate; asperse; vilify; defame; traduce. See { Decry}. [ 1913 Webster] 43 Moby Thesaurus words for " detract": abate, abrade, abstract, bate, beguile, call away, curtail, decrease, deduct, depreciate, derogate, detract attention, detract from, diminish, disparage, distract, divert, divert the mind, drain, eat away, erode, extract, file away, impair, leach, lessen, purify, reduce, refine, remove, retrench, rub away, shorten, subduct, subtract, take away, take away from, take from, thin, thin out, wear away, weed, withdraw
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