deprecate
verb- deprecate something (formal)
to feel and express strong disapproval of something 对…表示极不赞成;强烈反对 - be deprecated(
computing ) (of a software feature)计算机 to be considered outdated and best avoided, even though you can still use it, usually because it has been replaced with a newer feature 不推荐使用: 尽管您仍然可以使用它,但仍被认为已过时,最好避免使用,通常是因为已将其替换为较新的功能A number of features have been deprecated in the latest version of the software. 该软件的最新版本已不推荐使用许多功能。
Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘pray against’): from Latin deprecat- ‘prayed against (as being evil)’, from the verb deprecari, from de- (expressing reversal) + precari ‘pray’.