demeaned

英 [dɪˈmiːnd] 美 [dɪˈmiːnd]

v.  降低身份; 失去尊重; 贬低; 贬损; 使失尊严
demean的过去分词和过去式



柯林斯词典

  1. 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.
    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。
  2. VERB 贬低;贬损
    To demean someone 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。

双语例句

  1. The present debate is demeaned by posturing and scaremongering on both sides.
    当前的辩论已沦为辩论双方摆姿态和危言耸听的游戏。
  2. The entire family was demeaned by george's behaviour.
    全家因乔治的举动而损了面子。
  3. The British Prime Minister used a speech to faith leaders to suggest that David Cameron, the opposition Conservative leader, was prepared to stand aside while the recession took its toll, a policy which he said "demeaned our humanity".
    布朗利用向宗教领袖发表的演讲指出,反对党保守党领袖大卫卡梅伦(davidcameron)准备在经济衰退造成损失之际作壁上观,他称这项政策“贬低了我们的人性”。
  4. In the dualistic society, the farmers who are demeaned as second-class citizens are in an unequal position.
    在二元社会结构中,农民被人为地降为二等公民的不平等地位。
  5. By lying he had demeaned his office.
    他撒谎,实在有辱他的职位。
  6. In such cases our personality usually feels hurt, demeaned and in danger.
    在这种情况下我们的个性,通常感到伤害,尊严和危险。
  7. He constantly put her down and demeaned her at every opportunity.
    他经常推倒她,并且抓住每个机会贬低她。
  8. Demeaned themselves well in class.
    他们刻意使自己在班上表现良好。
  9. I've been there, Jack and I felt demeaned, angry with myself for boosting their self-image or their ambitions.
    我去过那儿杰克,我觉得耻辱,愤怒与自己提升自己的自我形象或他们的野心。