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Detract Diminish Politician Attention Dɪ'Trækt V.去掉;减损 Ugly Frame

Front detract
Pron [dɪ'trækt]
Back 【detract】
v.去掉;减损
The ugly frame detracts from the beauty of the famous picture.
难看的框子减损这幅名画的美丽。
Vocab
detracttake away a part from; diminish

If you detract from something — like an achievement or an opinion or an object — you take away some of its value or diminish it. That dent in the door of your car may detract from its overall value.

The verb detract comes from the Latin word detrahere, meaning “draw away from,” or “take down.” If you detract from someone’s credibility, you reduce — or take down — that person's worth. When you make valid points opposing an argument a politician is making, you detract from her platform. Detract can also describe drawing attention away from something. If the politician then makes a public display of her humanity, she's trying to detract attention away from your arguments.

All forms of 'detract' will appear on average once every 1530 pages.
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