глагол 1) отнимать; вычитать, уменьшать Синоним(ы): diminish, decrease 2) (detract from) умалять, принижать, приуменьшать Например: That does not detract from his merit. — Это не умаляет его заслуги. Синоним(ы): belittle 3) [американский вариант английского языка] отвлекать (внимание) Например: to detract attention — отвлекать внимание
verb Etymology: Middle English, from Latin detractus, past participle of detrahere to pull down, disparage, from de- + trahere to draw transitive verb 1. archaic to speak ill of 2. archaic to take away 3. divert Example: detract attention intransitive verb to diminish the importance, value, or effectiveness of something — often used with from Example: small errors that do not seriously detract from the book • detractor noun