- expressing contempt or disapproval贬损的, 贬抑的：
permissiveness is used almost universally as a pejorative term.
“放纵”这个词几乎被普遍地当作一个贬义词来使用。
- a word expressing contempt or disapproval轻蔑词; 贬义词。
派生词
pejoratively
adverb词源
late 19th cent.: from French péjoratif, -ive, from late Latin pejorare 'make worse', from Latin pejor 'worse'.