其出发点是自贬,其大敌是自负。
That may sound as though I'm intending to dispraise the book, but to the contrary; I think it's a fine piece of work in lots of ways.这听起来好像是我打算批评这本书,但恰恰相反,我认为此书在许多方面都堪称一件相当精致的作品。
Their censure did not much affect him for the good-natured young man was disposed to accept with considerable humility the dispraise of others.他们的非议没有使他生气,因为这位好心的年轻人,总是非常谦虚,愿意接受别人的批评。