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单词 pejorative term
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pejorative term

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pejorative
adjective
uk
/pɪˈdʒɒr.ə.tɪv/us
/pɪˈdʒɔːr.ə.t̬ɪv/
expressing disapproval, or suggesting that something is not good or is of ...
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term
noun
uk
/tɜːm/us
/tɝːm/
the fixed period of time that something ...
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(Definition ofpejorativeandtermfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is apejorativeterm.
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This is anotherpejorativeterm.
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The word "receivership" is apejorativeterm.
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I'd describe these as ' journalistic' if it wasn't for the fact this tends to be apejorativetermin academe.
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Why do we need such apejorativeterm?
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It has been used as apejorativeterm.
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Apejorativeterminvented by taxi drivers to describe a person who drives his private car instead of employing a chauffer.
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For that reason, it invented "gentrification" as something of apejorativeterm.
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I think that the phrase "hot money" is apejorativeterm.
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This is a beautiful twister, prejudice merely being apejorativetermfor strong feelings.
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It is apejorativetermwhich is not worthy of proper, rational discussion about the system.
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Bureaucracy is apejorativetermby implication only rather than by actual meaning.
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It is apejorativetermand it can be considered an insulting term.
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They have attacked the trade unions: one may wish to use a lesspejorativeterm.
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Such parties consider "predatory lending" apejorativeterm.
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It may be used as apejorativeterm.
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Thus, this may be considered apejorativeterm.
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They were all condemned with thepejorativetermof carpetbagger.
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Khampai is apejorativetermfor the movement.
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In some ways we live in a strange age, in which "do-gooder" has become apejorativeterm.
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But nobody had ever had apejorativetermfor the functionalists except those who were against the whole thing.
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However, the term evolved negative connotations and is now used almost exclusively as apejorativeterm.
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Neo-creationists generally reject the term neo-creation, alleging it is apejorativeterm.
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Use of the word artiste can also be apejorativeterm.
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During the preservation / conservation debate the term preservationist become to be seen as apejorativeterm.
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precise term

collocation in English

meaningsofpreciseandterm

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precise
adjective
uk
/prɪˈsaɪs/us
/prəˈsaɪs/
exact ...
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term
noun
uk
/tɜːm/us
/tɝːm/
the fixed period of time that something ...
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(Definition ofpreciseandtermfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This is not apreciseterm.
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The "lump" is not apreciseterm.
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Burden sharing is not apreciseterm.
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Certainly it is not a verypreciseterm.
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The problem might be called one of paternalism, although too much reliance should not be placed on theprecisetermused to describe it.
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Color physicalists can call surface spectral reflectance physical color if they want to, although surface spectral reflectance is a morepreciseterm.
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What is particularly interesting about this simple example is that the student already knew the moreprecisetermbut needed to be pushed to produce it.
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The informal summit is not an invention of mine; that is theprecisetermwhich is used.
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That is normally taken to mean free movement of goods, though thatprecisetermis not used.
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A moreprecisetermis microindentation hardness testing.
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I think that what we said was that in the past many things were called principles which were not worthy of thatpreciseterm.
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Drug "pushing" is not apreciseterm, but a breakdown of relevant statistics is available in the form of a table.
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There is nothing to stop him looking at anti-competitive practices merely because that is not theprecisetermused here.
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If we leave it without a definition, merely to individual judgment without there being apreciseterm, it is merely an invitation to litigation.
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Noprecisetermhas yet been adopted to distinguish between the two types of instruments.
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For this reason, hypernatremia is often synonymous with the lesspreciseterm, dehydration.
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It is not apreciseterm, and it is not commonly used in modern medical literature.
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A moreprecisetermfor that condition is idiopathic postprandial syndrome.
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Thus, the moreprecisetermof art deed of trust has become predominant in the case law since then.
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It is not apreciseterm; on a broad definition such as the police are naturally inclined to apply, there may be as many as one in five cases.
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Aprecisetermlike "non-negative" is never used with the word "negative" in the wide, loose sense that includes zero.
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Energy obesity is, in a sense, a qualitative metric to measure humankinds environmental impact, but it should not be confused with the more quantitativelyprecisetermcarbon footprint.
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Although he did not use these words literally he actually is the father of the modern distinction between foveal vision (a moreprecisetermfor central vision) and peripheral vision.
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Although he did not use these words literally he actually is the father of the modern distinction between "foveal vision" (a moreprecisetermfor central vision) and peripheral vision.
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The term convection can sometimes refer to transfer of heat with any fluid movement, but advection is the moreprecisetermfor the transfer due only to bulk fluid flow.
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