demean是什么意思？

demean

英[dɪˈmi:n] 美[dɪˈmin]

• vt. 使降低身份，使卑下；

第三人称单数：demeans;

过去式：demeaned;

过去分词：demeaned;

现在分词：demeaning;

例句

• Such lier will demean you. 这样的谎言会贬低你的身份.
• Don't demean yourself by telling such obvious lies. 你不要用这种明显的谎言自贬人格.
• I wouldn't demean myself by asking for charity. 我决不低三下四地乞求施舍。
• 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。

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"