demean

demean音标

英 [dɪˈmi:n]

美 [dɪˈmin]

demean基本释义

v.贬低；降低

demean用法及例句

verb

1. reduce in worth or character, usually verbally

e.g. She tends to put down younger women colleaguesHis critics took him down after the lecture

Synonym: take downdegradedisgraceput down

1. 降低(自己)的身份;有辱（自己）的人格If you demean yourself, you do something which makes people have less respect for you.

e.g. 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。

2. 贬低;贬损To demean someone or something means to make people have less respect for them.

demean

e.g. Some groups say that pornography demeans women.一些团体认为色情作品贬低了女性。

1. demean的解释

1. 贬抑,降低：deliberate 熟思,考虑,有意,存心的 | demean 贬抑,降低 | demerit 短处,过失,缺点

2. 自贬;降低：scooter 踏板车 | demean 自贬;降低 | demeanour 行为, 举止

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3. 行为：demasculinization 男性症丧失 | demean 行为 | dement 使发疯

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4. 举止：deme 阿提卡市区 | demean 举止 | demeanour 行为

The Prince Borghese certainly demeans himself like a kind and liberal gentleman.

出自：N. Hawthorne

Could a girl so far demean herself as to ask for love?

出自：W. Black

That demeans them into something trivial.

出自：M. Bradbury

近义词

临近词

take down记下，写下

dishonor 不名誉

humiliate使 ... 蒙羞

degrade降格

behave表现

put down镇压

lower低的

debase降低质量、地位或价值...

abase降低 ... 的地位...

disgrace耻辱

humble谦逊的

demean oneself well

Demean oneself to do sth.

demeaning oneself

demean oneself to do sth

demeanor evidence

demean oneself

demeanor

demean oneself ill

demeaning

demeanour

deme

demeaned themselves well in class.

相关列句

Never insult, embarrass, shame, yell at or otherwise demean a person.(所以，千万不要对一个人进行侮辱、羞辱或者对其大吼，让其尴尬等。)

"I don't wish to demean you," I said to the strange boy. "however, can you explain why an important delegate like you would need to steal so many expensive chocolates for such a mission?"(“我不想贬低你，”我对这个怪里怪气的小伙子说，“但是你能解释你这么重要的人物为了完成使命需要偷那么昂贵的巧克力这件事吗？”)

Such images demean women.(这些形象有损妇女尊严。)

We did not go there so that they can demean us.(我们没有去那里，使他们能够贬低我们。)

Participants who had both status and power did not greatly demean their partners. They chose an average of 0.67 demeaning activities for those partners to perform.(同时拥有地位和权利的参与者没有让自己的搭档太过难堪，他们为其搭档选择的活动平均难堪系数只有0.67。)

Based on these concerns, the insecure manager might overexert authority, demean the high performer's contributions, or even take credit for much of the high performer's work.(基于这些考虑不安的主管可能过度使用他的，贬低优秀人才的贡献，甚至将他们的成果据为己有。)

He would not demean himself to a lazy worker.(他不愿降低身份当个懒工人。)

But I don't demean the fact that this is relevant to life.(但我不贬低，这与生活息息相关的事实。)

Participants who had both status and power did not greatly demean their partners.(既有地位又有权力的参与者并不会太侮辱其同伴。)

I wouldn't demean myself by asking for charity.(我决不低三下四地乞求施舍。)