put-down

/ˈpʊtˌdaʊn/· n.

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Chinese meaning

贬biǎn低dī性xìng的de评píng价jià,奚xī落luò

贬biǎn损sǔn性xìng的de话huà,奚xī落luò

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哈hā里lǐ梅méi根gēn王wáng室shì身shēn份fèn遭zāo「残cán酷kù贬biǎn损sǔn」

Example

Prince George starts Eton College as Harry and Meghan grapple with 'brutal put-down'

乔qiáo治zhì王wáng子zǐ进jìn入rù伊yī顿dùn公gōng学xué就jiù读dú,与yǔ此cǐ同tóng时shí哈hā里lǐ和hé梅méi根gēn还hái在zài应yìng对duì所suǒ谓wèi「残cán酷kù的de贬biǎn损sǔn」。

Source: CBC · 8 Sep 2026

Background ✎

英yīng国guó王wáng室shì这zhè一yī天tiān可kě谓wèi喜xǐ忧yōu参cān半bàn:乔qiáo治zhì王wáng子zǐ迎yíng来lái在zài顶dǐng尖jiān学xué府fǔ伊yī顿dùn公gōng学xué上shàng学xué的de第dì一yī天tiān,而ér哈hā里lǐ王wáng子zǐ和hé梅méi根gēn同tóng期qī仍réng在zài应yìng对duì身shēn为wèi王wáng室shì非fēi在zài职zhí成chéng员yuán所suǒ遗yí留liú的de「残cán酷kù贬biǎn损sǔn」争zhēng议yì。

Roots · etymology

由动词短语 put down(压制,贬低)转化为名词

  • put(放)+ down(向下)→ 名词化「贬低的话」

Collocations

  • a brutal put-down / a witty put-down / trade put-downs

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