discrediting
present participle ofdiscredit
| 单词 | discrediting |
| 释义 | discrediting present participle ofdiscredit discredit verb[T] formaluk/dɪˈskred.ɪt/us/dɪˈskred.ɪt/tocausepeopletostoprespectingsomeone orbelievingin anideaorperson: Evidence oflinkswithdrugdealershas discredited themayor. discreditedtheories Humiliating and degrading
Examplesofdiscreditingdiscrediting In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The church would only regain the influence it had enjoyed in previous ages, they felt, if it cut itsdiscreditinglinks to the state. From theCambridge English Corpus In the vari-directional case, the speaker voices the style with the intention ofdiscreditingit (that is, parodies it). From theCambridge English Corpus All of these efforts would be attempts to convert thediscreditingsituation into a less discreditable or completely creditable one. From theCambridge English Corpus The scientific status of economics depended on the possibility of implementing free trade and laissez-faire in "real" countries and ondiscreditingsocialist utopias. From theCambridge English Corpus Discreditingtraditional ritual practice is a common feature of new religious movements. From theCambridge English Corpus Thisdiscreditingof their ideological bases comes precisely when they begin to operate as legal political par ties. From theCambridge English Corpus Lessons from social psychology ondiscreditingpsychiatric stigma. From theCambridge English Corpus Thediscreditingaspects of stigma were operationally defined as being thought less of by other people. From theCambridge English Corpus The crisis went some way towardsdiscreditingthe insider government-business relations. From theCambridge English Corpus In this way opponents are automatically presented as conservatives; disposing of the old anddiscreditingopponents go hand in hand. From theCambridge English Corpus Even though it has performed the useful function ofdiscreditingtechnological determinism, the concept suggests too narrow a set of influences that shape technology. From theCambridge English Corpus Earlier, on pages 136-137, he had discussed the use of 'discreditingmechanisms ' by those who do want to neuter the impact of diversity and disagreement on their cherished beliefs. From theCambridge English Corpus Social stigma involves inter-personal perception and interaction by concentrating on traits, viewed by the person possessing them, asdiscreditingin the eyes of others. From theCambridge English Corpus Stigma is a social attribute which isdiscreditingfor an individual or group. From theCambridge English Corpus The correlation betweendiscreditingthe idea of a 'moral motive' and denying the idea of intrinsic, absolute concepts of good and evil is a very close one. 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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