belittle

英 [bɪˈlɪtl]

美 [bɪˈlɪtl]

v.  贬低; 小看

现在分词：belittling　过去分词：belittled　第三人称单数：belittles　过去式：belittled　

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Collins.1 / BNC.18553 / COCA.15936

牛津词典

verb

• 贬低；小看
  to make sb or the things that sb does seem unimportant
  1. She felt her husband constantly belittled her achievements.
     她觉得她的丈夫时常贬低她的成就。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 轻视；贬抑；小看
  If youbelittlesomeone or something, you say or imply that they are unimportant or not very good.
  1. We mustn't belittle her outstanding achievement...
     我们一定不能小瞧了她所取得的杰出成就。
  2. It makes no sense to belittle the enormity of the disaster.
     没有理由低估这场灾难的严重性。

英英释义

verb

• lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of
  1. don't belittle your colleagues
  Synonym:diminish
• express a negative opinion of
  1. She disparaged her student's efforts
  Synonym:disparagepick at
• cause to seem less serious
  1. Don't belittle his influence
  Synonym:minimizedenigratederogate

双语例句

• I don't meant to belittle my colleagues efforts.
  我无意轻视我同事们的努力。
• This is not to belittle that simplicity of the idea; that's wonderful.
  不要小看这种简单的想法，它还是非常棒的。
• You belittle my faith, you call me a midget.
  你小看我，你称我做侏儒。
• If you want to belittle the results to come out a particular survey, one way of doing this is that saying the people who are putting this survey is biased.
  如果你想轻视结果，从这个特别的调查中，一种方式是，说做这个调查的人都有偏见。
• Do not belittle what he has achieved.
  不能小看他取得的成绩。
• Your work performance will be under spotlight, she warned students. If you make a mistake, people will belittle your competency, even if you are not that incapable.
  你的工作表现将受到大家的监督，她提醒自己的学生们：如果你犯错，即使你并非无能，人们也会轻视你的能力。
• We mustn't belittle her outstanding achievement
  我们一定不能小瞧了她所取得的杰出成就。
• I am not meant to degrade or belittle any sight or fact but that were what presented to me.
  我无有意或恶意歧视或“酸小”的企图，但这些就是呈现在我眼前的台湾视与物。
• He could not belittle love.
  他不能小看了爱情。
• Parents always are careful about their children's immolation-esteem; they try not to insult or belittle their kids.
  父母常常留心他们孩子的自尊心；他们不欺负或小看他们的小孩。