detraction

英[dɪ'trækʃən] 美[dɪ'trækʃən]
  • n. 诽谤;减损
GRE
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"

1. 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.

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2. 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.

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3. Envy has no other quality but that of detraction from virtue.
嫉妒除了毁损美德外,别无他用.

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4. Detraction will not suffer it.
毁谤不容许它这样做.

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5. Detraction pursues the great.
人大招物议,树大惹风吹.

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