• 基础释义
  • 例句
  • 柯林斯词典释义
  • 英汉词典释义
  • 英英词典释义

demean

[dɪˈmi:n] [dɪˈmin]
  • 第三人称单数:demeans;
  • 过去式:demeaned;
  • 过去分词:demeaned;
  • 现在分词:demeaning;
  • 例句
    柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
    • VERB
      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.
      例句
      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
      To demean someone or something means to make people have less respect for them.
      例句
      Some groups say that pornography demeans women. 一些团体认为色情作品贬低了女性。
    英汉词典释义
    • vt.
      使降低身份,使卑下
      She demeans herself by doing his dirty work. 她替他干卑鄙的勾当,贬低了自己的人格。
    英英词典释义
    • Verb
      1. reduce in worth or character, usually verbally;
      "She tends to put down younger women colleagues""His critics took him down after the lecture"