demeaned是什么意思？

demeaned

• v. 使降低身份，使卑下( demean的过去式和过去分词 )；

例句

• At party, the little boy demeaned himself well. 晚会上, 那男孩表现很好.
• The duke's son demeaned himself by doing manual labor with his servants. 公爵的儿子降低自己的身份和佣人一起做工.
• The duke's son demeaned himself manual labor with his servants. 公爵的儿子降低自己的身份和佣人们一起做工.

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。