• vt. 诋毁；使变黑；玷污

de-, 向下，强调。-nigr, 黑色，词源同negro. 引申词义抹黑，诽谤。

denigrate

denigrate: [16] To denigrate people is literally to ‘blacken’ them. The word comes from Latin dēnigrāre ‘blacken’, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix dē- and niger ‘black’. This adjective, which is of unknown origin, also produced French noir ‘black’ and Italian nero ‘black’, and is the source (via Spanish negro) of English negro [16] and the now taboo nigger [18]. Denigrate originally meant ‘physically turn something black’ as well as the metaphorical ‘defame, belittle’: ‘This lotion will denigrate the hairs of hoary heads’, Richard Tomlinson, Renodaeus’ Medicinal dispensatory 1657.
=> negro, nigger

denigrate (v.)

1520s, from Latin denigratus, past participle of denigrare "to blacken, defame," from de- "completely" (see de-) + nigr-, stem of niger "black" (see Negro). which is of unknown origin. "Apparently disused in 18th c. and revived in 19th c." [OED]. Related: Denigrated; denigrating.

1. I didn't intend to denigrate her achievements.

我不是想贬低她的成绩。

来自《权威词典》

2. To assert this is to denigrate the effectiveness of the police.

坚持这一点就是贬低警方的办事能力.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. It was unkind to denigrate her achievement.

贬低她的成就是刻薄的.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. The Canadian Supreme Court ruled that the State can ban pornographic images which "denigrate women".

加拿大最高法院裁定国家有权查禁“侮辱女性”的色情图片。

来自柯林斯例句

5. The amendment prohibits obscene or indecent materials which denigrate the objects or beliefs of a particular religion.

该修正案对贬损某一宗教教物或信仰的淫秽或不雅内容予以禁止。

来自柯林斯例句