发音：[ˈdɛrəɡeɪt]
例句：
- To derogate means to cause somebody or something to seem lesser or inferior.
- The title of the newspaper article derogates the people it is about.
- Jenny’s parents are constantly derogating her achievements in arts.
- Such ubiquitous monitoring derogates the constitutionally protected right of parents to supervise their children.
- The key issue is who has the final authority to determine whether the play derogates the spirit or alters the characters.
解释：
- Derogate这个单词为动词，其表示“to cause somebody or something to seem lesser or inferior”这一含义，即“贬低/诋毁”，与depreciate/belittle/denigrate等单词构成近义词。我们可以用这个单词来表示derogate someone，其核心含义为“贬低某人/说某人坏话”。
- 具体使用场景如下：It is extremely common in politics to hear a candidate derogate his or her opponent, or for one political party to derogate another.（在政治中，我们经常听到某位候选人诋毁他/她的对手，或者一个政党贬低另外一个政党。）/I don’t think it is appropriate to derogate the powers of reason.（我认为诋毁理性推理的力量时不合适的。）
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