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detracting

/dih-trakt/US // dɪˈtrækt //UK // (dɪˈtrækt) //

有害的,碍事的,有碍观瞻,碍手碍脚

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to take away a part, as from quality, value, or reputation.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to draw away or divert; distract: to detract another's attention from more important issues.
    • : Archaic. to take away; abate: The dilapidated barn detracts charm from the landscape.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbtake away a part; lessen

Examples

  • However, we shouldn’t allow this shift in focus to detract from what’s really important – quality content.

  • It detracts on what really is the significant thing that you should be focused on.

  • As tourist attractions across the country gradually reopen, many are attempting to craft bespoke safety procedures that don’t distract or detract too much from the visitor experience.

  • Other research, such as how being owned benefits or detracts from the wellbeing of the animals themselves, is less likely to do that and thus harder to get funding for, Delgado says.

  • This treatment, however, does not detract from the sweet and smooth flavor of the coffee.

  • What is clear is that this trend is detracting from our system of government.

  • Is putting on a little dog-and-pony show every now and then detracting from the feminist cause?

  • This uncompromising Realism, so far from detracting, only enhances the genius of this powerful novel.

  • Send to table without adding or detracting from their flavour.

  • Let not this record of a boy's impressions be read as detracting from the luster shining about the memory of Margaret Fuller.

  • The river, in full freshet, was very muddy-looking, detracting much from the beauty of the rapids.

  • It adds to the color of Mr. Kingsley's pages, while detracting from his authority, that he is always and inevitably a partisan.