单词 | detract |
释义 | detract (dɪtrækt ) Word forms: detracts , detracting , detracted verb If one thing detracts from another, it makes it seem less good or impressive. The publicity could detract from our election campaign. [VERB + from] Collocations: detract attention Cushions used to be cheap baubles deployed to detract attention from a tattered sofa. Times, Sunday Times I'd dress in black and wear sparkly make-up to detract attention from my body. The Sun Critics claimed he was only bigging up the pair to detract attention from his own ambitions. The Sun Maybe the model was hoping it would detract attention from the clumpy white and black trainers she was sporting with the ensemble, right. The Sun His works rarely included litter or snow around the buildings, because he believed these details would detract attention away from the buildings themselves. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 减损 Japanese: 損なう |
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