intransitive. With from: to detract from; to diminish, lessen. Cf. to take away 3 at phrasal verbs 1, to take off 2d at phrasal verbs 1.
| 单词 | θ118504 |
| 释义 | the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > deduction > deduct [verb (transitive)] > detract from (5) takec1475 intransitive. With from: to detract from; to diminish, lessen. Cf. to take away 3 at phrasal verbs 1, to take off 2d at phrasal verbs 1. diminish?1504 To take away (a part) from something, so as to make it less; hence gen. to take away, subtract, remove. Obsolete. derogate1556 absol. or intransitive. To take away a part from; to detract, to make an improper or injurious abatement from. Now chiefly from an excellency… to take off1639 intransitive. With from: to detract from; to diminish, lessen; = sense 53c. Now rare. to detract from1699 absol. or intransitive. To take away a portion. Usually to detract from: to take away from, diminish, lessen (a quality, value, authority, etc.). |
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