detraction是什么意思？

detraction

英[dɪ'trækʃən] 美[dɪˈtrækʃən]

• n. 诽谤；

例句

• Let it be no detraction from his merits to say he is plainspoken. 说他坦率的时候请别忘记他的那些优点.
• Envy has no other quality But that of detraction from virtue. 嫉妒除了损坏美德外,别无可取之处.
• Faced with such detraction, scientists characteristically retort that science, unlike witchcraft, works. 面对诋毁, 科学家们出于天性给予反驳,宣称科学不是巫术, 确实有效.

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a petty disparagement
  2. the act of discrediting or detracting from someone's reputation (especially by slander);
  "let it be no detraction from his merits to say he is plainspoken"