Detract

(v. t.) To take away; to withdraw.

(v. t.) To take credit or reputation from; to defame.

(v. i.) To take away a part or something, especially from one's credit; to lessen reputation; to derogate; to defame; -- often with from.

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• Why should Gerald even dislike it, why did it seem to him to detract from his own dignity. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• That the music reproduced by a phonograph is not always of the highest order does not, in the least, detract from the interest and wonder of the instrument. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• When the truth of it could no longer be doubted, envy and vanity endeavoured to detract from its merit. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• They roamed at large on the undulations of Egdon, but in numbers too few to detract much from the solitude. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• The matter added to facilitate spinning and weaving generally detracts from the appearance of the uncolored fabric, and also interferes with successful dyeing. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• It had given them a child; but it had not detracted from the personal attractions of my sister. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• I assure you that it has not detracted in the tiniest iota from your appearance. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• The condenser stood in a large cold-water cistern, and the weight of the masonry and the cistern greatly detracted from the boat’s buoyancy. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• But this detracted little from its interest, which lay in the excellent fuel it provided for newly kindled fervour. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.

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