derogate
verb (formal)Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they derogate | |
| he / she / it derogates | |
| past simple derogated | |
| past participle derogated | |
| -ing form derogating |
- derogate something
to state that something or somebody is without worth 贬低；贬损 Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin derogat- ‘abrogated’, from the verb derogare, from de- ‘aside, away’ + rogare ‘ask’.