deprecate
中文来自 ECDICT
- vt.
- 声明不赞成,抗议,反对
演变路径(由近及远)
- 英语
- 借自 ←拉丁语 dēprecātus
原始词根
原始印欧语 *preḱ-
词源说明
Borrowed from Latin dēprecātus, perfect active participle of dēprecor (“to pray against (a present or impending evil) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), pray for, intercede for (that which is in danger), rarely imprecate”), from dē- (“off”) + precor (“to pray”).
释义(英文)
动词 Verb
- (transitive) To express disapproval of, protest or plead against.
- (transitive) To belittle, depreciate.
- (transitive, chiefly computing) To declare something obsolescent; to recommend against a function, technique, command, etc. that still works but has been replaced.
- (archaic, transitive) To pray against.
- (archaic, transitive) To regret deeply.