| 单词 | depreciatory |
| 例句 | Any depreciatory anecdotes would be very telling, and serve to evoke indignant free replies from those who wouldn't guess they were jumping to a prepared bait. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, November 11, 1893 2012-04-12T02:00:28.173Z To make little or less in a moral sense; to speak of in a depreciatory or contemptuous way. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z He limped along a pace or so behind, making depreciatory noises in response to these flattering remarks and taking stock of the very appreciative person who uttered them. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z Perhaps political party is more universal than any other bad influence without, in misguiding Englishmen into ill-natured, or contemptuous, or depreciatory judgments of their neighbours and fellow-townsmen. Wise Saws and Modern Instances, Volume II (of 2) 2012-03-12T03:00:23.003Z His adjective "little" was not depreciatory; Malachi Hill was, in fact, short. Horace Chase 2012-03-08T03:00:09.693Z The reader might, however, perhaps suspect me of ill-will towards Constable, owing to my continually introducing him for depreciatory comparison. Modern Painters. Vol. III (of V) Containing Part IV. Of Many Things 2012-02-20T03:00:15.843Z She answered, "A Bible:" and, in reply to some depreciatory remarks of his, added, "I thought everybody loved their Bible, Sir." Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 100, September 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-01-25T03:00:37.190Z This is an insignificant thing without the auxiliary mental joy of science: the nearer mountains are all more beautiful and fuller of expression, but “not nearly so high,” adds that absurd depreciatory science. Human, All-Too-Human, Part II 2011-10-26T02:00:29.773Z —Can any of your correspondents tell me why the termination aster is used in a depreciatory sense in Latin, as poetaster, a bad poet; oleaster, the wild olive; pinaster, the wild pine? Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 91, July 26, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2011-10-19T02:00:23.307Z The capture of Warsaw by the enemy would be a great calamity to the Russians, and have an immensely depreciatory moral effect on her troops, scarcely less so than the fall of Petrograd would have. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z "This is only the very beginning of it," Jill confided to a rough specimen of girlhood, who had been making depreciatory remarks, after the service was over. Jill's Red Bag 2011-08-13T02:00:21.893Z He shook his head sorrowfully and made a depreciatory clicking with his tongue. The Last Straw 2011-06-27T02:00:58.100Z Only the ill-educated and the arrogant will at once find a depreciatory force in this word. Human, All-Too-Human, Part II 2011-10-26T02:00:29.773Z The painters to whom it was applied disowned it because it was used in a depreciatory sense. Art Principles With Special Reference to Painting Together with Notes on the Illusions Produced by the Painter 2011-06-16T02:00:17.197Z This sobriquet, let me explain, was applied to Professor Fordham in no unkind or depreciatory spirit by his classes. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z There was some superior and depreciatory laughter, and then Mona was required to repeat what she knew. She's All the World to Me 2011-04-09T02:00:16.923Z He calls the Baron a "snob;" and probably, in all the fashionable vocabulary of an enlightened age, a more depreciatory epithet could not be discovered. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z We are surprised and disappointed to find Mr. Arnold speaking rather coldly of it; and M. Scherer likewise refers to it in a depreciatory tone, though he gives different reasons for his conclusion. The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry 2011-02-26T03:00:51.130Z Studiously careful of speech, habitually courteous in bearing, and wholly indifferent to general opinion, but few men of those with whom he was brought into contact could find anything upon which to found depreciatory opinion. The Crooked Stick or Pollies's Probation 2011-02-06T03:01:00.547Z His games had been annotated in an inferentially depreciatory manner, his victories accounted for, and his antagonists excused. The Exploits and Triumphs, in Europe, of Paul Morphy, the Chess Champion The name of this doctor is spelt in many ways, but in all its variations the saying preserves its depreciatory character. Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources A painful silence had ensued; the depreciatory tone in which the words had been spoken had depressed even those who were of Rossel's way of thinking. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. I. "Well, I was captain of my preparatory school," said Caruth, assuming the humble voice and depreciatory smile that betoken a proper modesty. Years of Plenty Indeed, Heathcote's astonishment was only at the amount of endurance exhibited by each in turn, so candid were the expressions employed, so free from all disguise the depreciatory sentiments entertained. One Of Them He pursed his lips, depreciatory, lifted his shoulders not quite happily, and swung one lanky leg across the other as he slouched, morosely eyeing the sheets of sapphire that made their prison walls. The Destroying Angel The little mimicries of Albert Jekyl, as he described Mrs. Ricketts, the few depreciatory remarks of Lady Hester concerning her, would have outweighed her worth had her character been a cornucopia of goodness. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life A want of capacity to discern is often responsible for a depreciatory opinion, and we can but ascribe this strangely narrow-minded and superficial attitude towards woman to some such want. Of Six Mediæval Women To Which Is Added A Note on Mediæval Gardens And then Mahomet interposed with a parenthesis of his own depreciatory of the Spaniards, whom he loathed and despised. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) The very depreciatory terms in which the Emperor Napoleon used to speak of the Duke of Wellington as a general is well known. Notes and Queries, Number 235, April 29, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. He vowed to himself not to make depreciatory remarks about the Gropphusen in the future. Jena or Sedan? I have used the word duplicity in no depreciatory sense. The Stones of Venice, Volume II (of 3), In his depreciatory estimate of contemporary woman, the boy is always a true savage. My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. The minuteness of the preceding criticism has been prompted not by a depreciatory estimate of his powers, but rather by an appreciative survey of his possibilities. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 The word was originally used in this sense, and not with the depreciatory meaning of "magician," as at present. Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer Mannish is a depreciatory word referring to the mimicry or parade of some superficial qualities of manhood; as, a mannish boy or woman. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions We feel blame or disapprobation more acutely than approbation; and consequently depreciatory remarks or ridicule, whether of our appearance or conduct, cause us to blush much more readily than does praise. Introduction to the Science of Sociology Rock spread out his fat hands with a depreciatory gesture. El Diablo “A precious small one, though,” said Roberts in a depreciatory tone. Hunting the Skipper The Cruise of the "Seafowl" Sloop It is uncertain, however, whether kâkapeya is meant as a laudatory or as a depreciatory term. Chips From A German Workshop, Vol. V. Miscellaneous Later Essays It is rather depreciatory of the opera; but, like all inveterate critiques against Braham, so well done that I cannot help laughing at it, for the life and soul of me. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 3, 1836-1870 With his eyes on his plate he took advantage of his position by the hostess to murmur some depreciatory remarks upon the pretty young fellow, unfortunately so much disfigured by his mother's nose. The Immortal Or, One Of The "Forty." (L'immortel) - 1877 All of its despatches from the West, Churchill's as well as others, were depreciatory. The Candidate A Political Romance "She is the most beautiful woman I have ever seen—present company always excepted," he concluded, with a depreciatory laugh. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901 Occurring chiefly in such phrases as arch enemy, arch heretic, arch hypocrite, arch rogue, it acquired a depreciatory sense, which has now become so weakened that archness is not altogether an unpleasing attribute. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) No more depreciatory words could be chosen, or put into the mouth of an honest country gentleman. Pickwickian Studies He sought by depreciatory remarks to keep the conversation at its proper adult level. Clayhanger Churchill took a seat near him and began to annoy him with depreciatory remarks about Grayson, not spoken to Harley in particular, but to the wide world. The Candidate A Political Romance The constant repetition through the whole Christian course of the depreciatory estimate of grounds of confidence is plainly necessary. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. It was not originally depreciatory— "Come, you promised me a tawdry lace, and a pair of sweet gloves." The Romance of Words (4th ed.) Jack laughed at the suggestion, but did not indulge in the depreciatory remarks concerning Miss Burrell which many men would have used under the circumstances. More about Pixie Let us not, with the depreciatory hypocrisy, characteristic of our age, befool ourselves into any belief that barbaric practices were more humane than customs which are the flower of civilized centuries. Lords of the North Wizard = diviner, without the depreciatory sense of line 571; see note there. Milton's Comus These, however, have no doctrinal significance; in fact the same Tertullian expressed himself in a depreciatory way about Mary in de carne 7. History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) This Italian word has passed into French and German, displacing the older cognates soudard and Söldner, which now have a depreciatory sense. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) Calvin's depreciatory estimate of the Trinitarian and Christological Formula, which, however, he retracted at a later period is well known. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) More than that, the criticism it received was often excessively depreciatory; nor was this all due to personal unpopularity, though a good deal of it certainly was. James Fenimore Cooper American Men of Letters He carefully avoided discussion or display of any of his peculiar opinions in her presence, and on such occasions seemed inclined to soften his habitually sardonic and depreciatory tone. Sword and Gown A Novel His depreciatory view was in part, too, I believe, an echo from his favourite Vidocq. Isopel Berners The History of certain doings in a Staffordshire Dingle, July, 1825 There was not a man present who did not express his admiration for her beauty and her grace; hardly a woman who did not instantly make some depreciatory remark. Vera Nevill Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance A jest was often viewed as entirely unimportant, its levity and depreciatory character being altogether overlooked. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour He quarrelled with Ballantyne, partly for his depreciatory criticism of Count Robert of Paris, partly for his growing tendency to a mystic and strait-laced sort of dissent and his increasing Liberalism. Sir Walter Scott (English Men of Letters Series) You were alluding in a depreciatory manner to my head but it's your own head that fails. The Tree of Appomattox Surely his friends have cherished the story out of no petty love of depreciatory detail? Certain Personal Matters With a depreciatory hand he waved aside the involuntary buzz of grateful admiration. Berry And Co. Then he talked to her of his school, of the old doctor, that great man, of his schoolfellows, of his rivals whom he had distanced—not a depreciatory word of any of them. The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax "Oh," returned P.S., depreciatory, "I used to spar a bit with the fellows when I was a—ah—when I was younger." The Day of Days An Extravaganza They were sarcastic, superficial, and depreciatory, and astonished many whose hospitalities he had received. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction If her occasional explosions of irritability are to be counted, what inference is to be drawn from Johnson's depreciatory remarks on her, and indeed on everybody, so carefully treasured up by Hawkins and Boswell? Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale) (2nd ed.) (2 vols.) Edited with notes and Introductory Account of her life and writings The depreciatory tone did not sting him as it would have done another man, for he knew his incapacity. Septimus And he was called so in a depreciatory sense, of course, because he was so hard to catch, to classify, and to keep track of. Plays by August Strindberg, Second series Her tone was depreciatory, not suggesting that she had looked some time before she happened to see that picture. V. V.'s Eyes The world has a little heap of depreciatory terms which it flings, age after age, at all men who have a higher standard and nobler aims than their fellows. Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) She made several rather depreciatory observations, and insisted strongly that the new servant should only be taken "on trial," with no obligation to keep her a day longer than they wished. Mistress and Maid He does not mean anything depreciatory, but merely that— 'Like strains of martial music Their mighty thoughts suggest Life's endless toil and endeavour,' which he is not fit even to think of. Some Private Views Whenever we heard the preface--"There's one thing strikes me in this church"--we were prepared to hear a depreciatory remark of some kind. The Parish Clerk We have studiously avoided portraying fashionable life according to the vulgar notions, whether depreciatory or panegyrical. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 328, February, 1843 But then, that is not depreciatory of his power and eloquence—surely not. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) Many were vexed with Matthew Arnold whom we thought depreciatory, but I find no fault with his summing up of Emerson, "as the friend of all those who seek to live in the spirit." The Last Leaf Observations, during Seventy-Five Years, of Men and Events in America and Europe I remember how indignant I felt, as a boy, at reading some depreciatory criticism of the "Waverley Novels." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 43, May, 1861 Creator No criticism is more common or more depreciatory than that "Such a one will not succeed, because he has surrounded himself with incompetent men." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 40, February, 1861 But Miss Wincher's depreciatory talk had opened ampler vistas, and the pioneer blood in Undine would not let her rest. The Custom of the Country When the place of interest in education is spoken of in a depreciatory way, it will be found that the second of the meanings mentioned is first exaggerated and then isolated. Democracy and Education: an introduction to the philosophy of education "It was depreciatory criticism, of course?" said Arthur. Sylvie and Bruno From the former we have the eulogistic, from the latter the depreciatory fashionable novels; these make us familiar with the celestial attributes of countesses-dowager, and the amiability of their pugs. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843 He examined the collection, nevertheless, with a depreciatory countenance, and offered ten francs for three of the finest specimens. A Chair on the Boulevard Lanyard looked his way with a depreciatory air. The False Faces Further Adventures from the History of the Lone Wolf Nor should you venture any depreciatory remarks upon men who have risen from the ranks, unless you are tolerably versed in the family-history of those to whom you are talking. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 58, August, 1862 Gray read the poem, and wrote of it to his friends, in a style thought at the time depreciatory, although it comes pretty near the truth. Poetical Works of Akenside It is in no sense depreciatory of my brother's attainments in life to say that he gave no evidence of precocity in his studies in childhood. A Little Book of Western Verse Sometimes the depreciatory or negative judgment refers to the presumed or proved uselessness of many researches, made to recover the correct meaning of artistic works. Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic I took a critical and depreciatory interest in the coughs, the thermometers and the idleness of my fellow-sufferers; but to the healthy, the occupied, the transient I clung with undiscriminating enthusiasm. The Greater Inclination Consequently, they show very poorly in a translation, and are apt to convey an unjustly depreciatory notion of the nations which produce them. Aboriginal American Authors Those who are acquainted with his writings will decline to subscribe any such depreciatory certificate. The Ignatian Epistles Entirely Spurious A Reply to the Right Rev. Dr. Lightfoot And if Dryden is never dastardly, as Pope often was, so also he never wrote anything so maliciously depreciatory as Pope's unprovoked attack on Addison. Among My Books First Series Different Danish authors had recently written about the town, and in as depreciatory a strain as they could. Recollections of My Childhood and Youth Yes," said the rector, in rather a depreciatory tone; "but that is in a school. Daniel Deronda What she did not like in her with reference to the affair was the depreciatory manner in which she had always spoken of Malcolm. The Marquis of Lossie The tenants of the drawing-room floor owed some of their most fortunate inspirations in sight-seeing to the suggestions of the landlord, whose apartments I would in no wise leave to depreciatory conjecture. London Films Warburton afterwards reported in depreciatory terms of this region; but Delisser and Hardwicke, who also visited it, stated that it would make first-class pastoral country if only surface water could be obtained. The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work Shakespeare's casual allusions to our national characteristics are almost all of a kind; they are humorous and depreciatory. England and the War Instantly, as by a preconcerted signal, all papers of a certain class began to abuse; and some who had at first issued articles entirely commendatory, now issued others equally depreciatory. Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe Compiled From Her Letters and Journals by Her Son Charles Edward Stowe I do not want to seem irreverent, still less depreciatory, of noble men, but it strikes me that in the present case the Nazarenes were the match and Paul the child. Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 Quotations, torn from their context, mislead; carefully chosen figures give a wrong impression; the reviewer is tempted to pick out passages that support only his contention, whether eulogistic or depreciatory. Problems of Conduct I remember how indignant I felt, as a boy, at reading some depreciatory criticism of the Waverley Novels. The Recreations of a Country Parson One of them—Bates it was—responding to a lady who was effusive about the strawberries, even took the modestly depreciatory attitude of the host. The Imperialist Somehow her tone had changed from kind playfulness to ordinary formality, and her eyes rested upon him with a cool, slightly depreciatory expression. God's Good Man In private talk with Martin Warricombe, Mr. Lilywhite did not hesitate to call him 'a mountebank', and to add other depreciatory remarks. Born in Exile Annoyance with the artist now and then inclined him to slighting thought of Rosamund; yet, on the whole, his view of her was not depreciatory. Will Warburton Almost before Miss Browning had ended her severe and depreciatory remarks, he had asked his friend Miss Hornblower,— 'Who is that lovely girl in pink, just come in?' Wives and Daughters He himself did not republish it, and it seems impossible to speak in more depreciatory terms of his own historical studies than he does himself again and again in the course of his lectures. Roman and the Teuton "Thou'rt not so fine a man as thy father was, by a deal," said she, looking at him with much fondness, notwithstanding her depreciatory words. Mary Barton One result was that he would never allow a depreciatory remark to pass unchallenged on the poorest class of scientific workers, provided that their work was honest, and good of its kind. Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 And yet I have a word to say which may seem to be depreciatory of legislators. Laws Modeste found herself between the depreciatory hints of Canalis as to the gallantry of the grand equerry, and the exaggerations of the two Mesdemoiselles d'Herouville, who passed every evening at the villa. Modeste Mignon Sets of laudatory or depreciatory adjectives are employed in the same way. The Soul of the Far East We feel blame or disapprobation more acutely than approbation; and consequently depreciatory remarks or ridicule, whether of our appearance or conduct, causes us to blush much more readily than does praise. The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals ATHENIAN: My good friend, I am afraid that the course of my speculations is leading me to say something depreciatory of legislators; but if the word be to the purpose, there can be no harm. Laws |
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