| 释义 |
pe·jo·ra·tion
\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈrāshən\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Medieval Latin pejoration-, pejoratio, from Late Latin pejoratus (past participle of pejorare to become worse, make worse) + Latin -ion-, -io -ion
: a change for the worse : depreciation; specifically : an historical process by which the semantic and connotative status of a word tends to decline — compare melioration |