mass noun
- rare censure; criticism〈罕〉责难; 批评:
this engraving has on occasion elicited dispraise for Raphael.
这个雕刻有时会引起对拉斐尔的批评。
with obj.
- archaic express censure or criticism of (someone)〈古〉责难; 批评(某人):
men cannot praise Dryden without dispraising Coleridge.
人们要表扬德莱顿就不得不批评柯尔律治。
词源
Middle English: from Old French despreisier, based on late Latin depreciare (see DEPRECIATE).