In seventeen eighty-eight, Thomas Jefferson wrote about his home state, Virginia. While writing, he thought of its natural beauty and then of the words of Count de Buffon. At that moment, Jefferson created a new word belittle. He said, "The Count de Buffon believes that nature belittles her productions on this side of the Atlantic."

1788年，杰弗逊写到他的家乡弗吉尼亚州。在写作时，他想到了那些自然美景，随后又想到了布丰伯爵的话。在那一刻，杰斐逊创造了一个新词 - belittle。他说：“布丰伯爵认为，大自然轻视她在大西洋彼岸创造的奇景。

Noah Webster, the American word expert, liked this word. He put it in his English language dictionary in eighteen-oh-six. Belittle to make small, unimportant.

美国词典专家诺亚?韦伯斯特很喜欢这个词。1806年，他将这个单词收入他的英语词典(注：这个就是著名的韦氏词典哦)。 " belittle - 解释为 - to make small-unimportant(小看，轻视)"。

Americans had already accepted Jeffersons word and started to use it. In seventeen ninety-seven, the Independent Chronicle newspaper used the word to describe a politician the paper supported. "He is an honorable man," the paper wrote, "so let the opposition try to belittle him as much as they please."

美国人已接受杰斐逊的这个单词并开始使用。1797年，独立纪事报用这个词来描写一个他们支持的政治家。 “他是一个高尚的人，报纸写道，“因此反对派爱怎么贬低他，都随他们去吧。

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