demean

英 [dɪˈmiːn]

美 [dɪˈmiːn]

v.  降低身份; 失去尊重; 贬低; 贬损; 使失尊严

现在分词：demeaning　过去式：demeaned　第三人称单数：demeans　过去分词：demeaned　

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BNC.22692 / COCA.17616

牛津词典

verb

• 降低身份；失去尊重
  to do sth that makes people have less respect for you
  1. I wouldn't demean myself by asking for charity.
     我决不低三下四地乞求施舍。
• 贬低；贬损；使失尊严
  to make people have less respect for sb/sth
  1. Such images demean women.
     这些形象有损妇女尊严。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 降低(自己)的身份;有辱（自己）的人格
  If youdemean yourself, you do something which makes people have less respect for you.
  1. I wasn't going to demean myself by acting like a suspicious wife.
     我不会表现得像个疑神疑鬼的妻子一样自贬身价。
• VERB 贬低;贬损
  Todemeansomeone or something means to make people have less respect for them.
  1. Some groups say that pornography demeans women.
     一些团体认为色情作品贬低了女性。

英英释义

verb

• reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
  1. She tends to put down younger women colleagues
  2. His critics took him down after the lecture
  Synonym:take downdegradedisgraceput down

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