pejoration

详细解释:n. 恶化, 堕落, 语义的转贬

详细解释：

pej.o.ra.tion

n.（名词）
The process or condition of worsening or degenerating.
恶化，变坏：恶化或变坏的状况或过程
Linguistics The process by which the meaning of a word becomes negative or less elevated over a period of time, assilly, which formerly meant .deserving sympathy, helpless or simple,. has come to mean .showing a lack of good sense, frivolous..
【语言学】 语义恶化：一个词的意思在经过一段时间后变成反面或贬义的过程，如愚蠢 以前的意思是.值得同情的，无助的，单纯的，易欺骗的.现在已变成了.缺乏良好心智的，不明智的.

来源：
Medieval Latin pôiôr3tiô pôiôr3tiôn-
中世纪拉丁语 pôiôr3tiô pôiôr3tiôn-
from Late Latin pôiôr3tus [past participle of] pôiôr3re [to make worse]
源自 后期拉丁语 pôiôr3tus [] pôiôr3re的过去分词 [使变坏，使恶化]
from Latin pôior [worse] * see ped-
源自 拉丁语 pôior [更坏的] *参见 ped-