discredited
past simple and past participle ofdiscredit
| 单词 | discredited |
| 释义 | discredited past simple and past participle ofdiscredit discredit verb[T] formaluk/dɪˈskred.ɪt/us/dɪˈskred.ɪt/tocausepeopletostoprespectingsomeone orbelievingin anideaorperson: Evidence oflinkswithdrugdealershas discredited themayor. discreditedtheories Humiliating and degrading
Examplesofdiscrediteddiscredited In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The rest (and they are many) are eitherdiscreditedor dismissed. From theCambridge English Corpus With the regime's popularity and legitimacydiscreditedby these events, it sought ways to find a new source of legitimacy. From theCambridge English Corpus An example maybe of evolutionary over-engineering, it is reminiscent of thediscreditedthesis that phylogeny necessarily recapitulates ontogeny. From theCambridge English Corpus Late pregnancy and an illegitimate child are more difficult to conceal and therefore more likely to result in a 'discredited' situation. From theCambridge English Corpus The final eclipse of "proletarian race hygiene" came when the notion that acquired traits could be inherited wasdiscreditedin biology. From theCambridge English Corpus Coming on the heels of adiscreditedregime, reconstructive presidents re105. From theCambridge English Corpus When it comes to architectural theory, historicism in the strict philosophical sense is surely largelydiscredited. From theCambridge English Corpus To put it differently, the moral of the small-state realism remained when small-state realism itself wasdiscredited. From theCambridge English Corpus In the early twentieth century, examination of rhyme came to bediscreditedas a procedure for analyzing the phonology of language. From theCambridge English Corpus How can the abstract notion or idea of authority remain sacred when all around its embodiments are beingdiscredited? From theCambridge English Corpus Both the army and the regime were alsodiscredited. From theCambridge English Corpus It was the emergence of the documentary tradition in the nineteenth century as the mark of professional history thatdiscreditedthe oral traditions. From theCambridge English Corpus That approach is not nave, antiquated ordiscredited. From theCambridge English Corpus Elster clearly believes that he hasdiscreditedthe loose interpretation. From theCambridge English Corpus My view is that neither database should be completelydiscredited. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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