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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Detract \De*tract"\, v. i.
   To take away a part or something, especially from one's
   credit; to lessen reputation; to derogate; to defame; --
   often with from.

         It has been the fashion to detract both from the moral
         and literary character of Cicero.        --V. Knox.

Detract \De*tract"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Detracted}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Detracting}.] [L. detractus, p. p. of detrahere to
   detract; de + trahere to draw: cf. F. d['e]tracter. See
   {Trace}.]
   1. To take away; to withdraw.

            Detract much from the view of the without. --Sir H.
                                                  Wotton.

   2. To take credit or reputation from; to defame.

            That calumnious critic . . . Detracting what
            laboriously we do.                    --Drayton.

   Syn: To derogate; decry; disparage; depreciate; asperse;
        vilify; defame; traduce. See {Decry}.

资料来源 : WordNet®

detract
     v : take away a part from; diminish; "His bad manners detract
         from his good character" [syn: {take away}]