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pej·o·ra·tion AHD[pĕj'ə-rāʹshən, pē'jə-] D.J.[ˌpedʒəˈreɪʃən, ˌpiːdʒə-]K.K.[ˌpɛdʒəˈreʃən, ˌpidʒə-]n.(名词)- The process or condition of worsening or degenerating.恶化,变坏:恶化或变坏的状况或过程
- Linguistics The process by which the meaning of a word becomes negative or less elevated over a period of time, assilly, which formerly meant "deserving sympathy, helpless or simple,” has come to mean "showing a lack of good sense, frivolous.” 【语言学】 语义恶化:一个词的意思在经过一段时间后变成反面或贬义的过程,如愚蠢 以前的意思是“值得同情的,无助的,单纯的,易欺骗的”现在已变成了“缺乏良好心智的,不明智的”
- Medieval Latin pēiōrātiō pēiōrātiōn- 中世纪拉丁语 pēiōrātiō pēiōrātiōn-
- from Late Latin pēiōrātus [past participle of] pēiōrāre [to make worse] 源自 后期拉丁语 pēiōrātus pēiōrāre的过去分词 [使变坏,使恶化]
- from Latin pēior [worse] * see ped- 源自 拉丁语 pēior [更坏的] * 参见 ped-
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