Disparagement

(noun.) the act of speaking contemptuously of.

(noun.) a communication that belittles somebody or something.

校对:琳达

• Why, as to _that_, my good friend, till I and my company have really acted there must be some guesswork; but I mean no disparagement to Julia. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• And in your disparagement of me at the same time. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• He alluded to Adrian, and spoke of him with that disparagement that the worldly wise always attach to enthusiasm. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Mr Flintwinch, after scraping his chin, and looking about with caustic disparagement of the Pig-Market, nodded to Arthur, and followed. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.

校对:梅雷迪思