detraction

n.
1. speaking ill. unfavourable criticism,defamation.slander说坏话，贬损，诽谤，诋毁。
△Ado . 2 . 3 . 248 (229):“happy are they that hear their detractions,and canput them to mending.”听人说自己的短处而能据以改正的人们，才是幸运的人。
△Mac.4.3.123: “Unspeak mine owndetraction；”撤销我对自己讲过的坏话。
△1H.IV.5.1.141(139):“Why? Detraction will not suffer it.”为什么？ 毁谤不允许它存在？
2. taking away of credit,loss of face,humiliation减损名誉，丢脸，羞辱。
△Tw. 2 . 5 . 151 (136):“an you had anyeye behind you,you might see more detraction atyour heels than fortunes before you. ”要是你背后有眼睛的话，你就可以看出在你眼前并没有什么幸运，而在你后面却有丢脸的事跟着呢。