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pejoration

音標[,pi:dʒә'reiʃәn] 讀音

漢語翻譯

n. 惡化, 墮落, 語義的轉貶

詳細解釋:


pej.o.ra.tion

n.(名詞
The process or condition of worsening or degenerating.
惡化,變壞:惡化或變壞的狀況或過程
Linguistics The process by which the meaning of a word becomes negative or less elevated over a period of time, assilly, which formerly meant .deserving sympathy, helpless or simple,. has come to mean .showing a lack of good sense, frivolous..
【語言學】 語義惡化:一個詞的意思在經過一段時間後變成反面或貶義的過程,如愚蠢 以前的意思是.值得同情的,無助的,單純的,易欺騙的.現在已變成了.缺乏良好心智的,不明智的.

來源:
Medieval Latin iôr3tiô pôiôr3tiôn-
中世紀拉丁語 iôr3tiô pôiôr3tiôn-
from Late Latin iôr3tus [past participle of] pôiôr3re [to make worse]
源自 後期拉丁語 iôr3tus [] pôiôr3re的過去分詞 [使變壞,使惡化]
from Latin ior [worse] * see ped-
源自 拉丁語 ior [更壞的] *參見 ped-

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