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考法 Detract Attention ★Detract 1】V.贬低 Diminish Importance Effectiveness

正面 ★detract
背面
【考法 1】v.贬低: to diminish the importance, value, or effectiveness of something
【例】It is wrong to detract from the achievements of other people in the same field贬低同行是不对的。
【近】belittle, depreciate, derogate, disparage, dispraise, write off
【反】extol, praise, eulogize, laud, panegyrize 赞美
【考法 2】v.使分心: to draw the attention or mind to something else
【例】Numerous typos in the text detract the reader's attention from the novel's intricate plot许多打印错误把读者分心,不关注复杂的情节了。
【近】divert, abstract, call off

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