In her own freer, wiser age, she was not man's detractor, but his rival; and if she never knew the passion of love, she was always loyal to the obligation of friendship. By her will she left twenty pounds to celebrate the Second Charles's restoration to his kingdom; and you contemplate her career with the single regret that she died a brief year before the red wine, thus generously bestowed, bubbled at the fountain.英文原著 · 《A Book of Scoundrels》
Oh, Gossip! delight of ordinary souls, and more delightful still when you furnish food for detraction!英文原著 · 《A Woman-Hater》
Having once taken this cue and entered upon a vein of flattery, she would have been extremely voluble--for villages can vie with cities in adulation as well as in detraction--but she was interrupted by a footman announcing luncheon.英文原著 · 《A Woman-Hater》
As to the book, it must speak for itself. Explanatory remarks do but detract from the ideas set forth. However, I wish to forestall two objections which will undoubtedly be raised. One is in reference to the essay on ANARCHISM; the other, on MINORITIES VERSUS MAJORITIES.英文原著 · 《Anarchism and Other Essays》
to have never been born, or sprung from noble sires, the heir to mansions richly stored; for if aught untoward e'er befall, there is no lack of champions for sons of noble parents, and there is honour and glory for them when they are proclaimed scions of illustrious lines; time detracts not from the legacy these good men leave, but the light of their goodness still burns on when they are dead.英文原著 · 《Andromache》
Dicky looked at him unsmilingly. His red hair could not detract from his attitude of severe dignity as he stood, tall and calm, with his now grim mouth forming a horizontal line.英文原著 · 《Cabbages and Kings》
But you want broad support, to hit-A blanket strategy will galvanize as many detractors as supporters.美剧 · 《House of Cards》
I was trying to detract from that god awful sweater she knitted me.美剧 · 《Ugly Betty》