decry: implies open condemnation with intent to discredit: ~ied their do-nothing attitude.  （credit信任信誉信用the belief that someone has good qualities，如credit card信用卡，如give no credit to idle rumors不相信闲言碎语，而discredit意思是使信誉名誉丧失败坏，如the photos were deliberately taken to discredit the President这些蓄意拍摄的照片旨在败坏总统的名声。但在本例，discredit只是表示批评批判）


depreciate: implies a representing of something as being of less value than commonly believed: critics ~d his plays for being unabashedly sentimental.  represent有2个意思，1、表现描述=present; 2、代表，这里用1，意思近似于评价     注意represent something as being of value的用法


disparage: implies depreciation by indirect means such as slighting or invidious comparison: ~d golf as recreation of the middle-aged.    （invidious comparison不公正的比较，因为二者皆然不同，或者同样好或坏is an unfair comparison because the two things are very different or are equally good or bad，如police officers fear invidious comparisons警官害怕会被不公正地比较）   recreation休闲，常和娱乐entertainment搭配


belittle: suggests a contemptuous attitude and an attempt to make something seem small: inclined to ~ the achievements of others.


minimize: connotes an effort to make something seem as small as possible: do not try to ~ the danger involved.


decry谴责严厉批评: 指公开谴责想要批判，depreciate贬低: 指对某物的评价比一般认为的低，disparage贬低: 指间接的贬低，如通过轻视或不公平的比较，belittle轻视: 表示态度轻视，试图使某物看起来渺小，minimize轻视，使最小化:  同上，使某物看起来尽可能小


记忆方法: 1）首字母DDDBM大大大不美<==贬低

         2）贬低的意思是评价低mean to express a low opinion of something.