demean
- vt.贬低;贬损;降低身份;使失尊严;失去尊重
过去式: demeaned 现在分词: demeaning 过去分词: demeaned 第三人称单数: demeans
demean
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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.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。
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VERB 贬低;贬损
To demean someone or something means to make people have less respect for them.Some groups say that pornography demeans women.
一些团体认为色情作品贬低了女性。
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He would not demean himself to a lazy worker .
他不愿降低身份当个懒工人。
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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。
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He found it demeaning to work for his former employee .
他觉得为自己以前的雇员工作有失体面。
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Such images demean women .
这些形象有损妇女尊严。
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I wouldn 't demean myself by asking for charity .
我决不低三下四地乞求施舍。
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Aid , however it is obtained , is demeaning to the recipients .
不管救助是如何取得的,对受益人来说都不是很光彩的事。
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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。
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It was a demeaning and ultimately frustrating experience .
那是一次有失颜面并且令人沮丧至极的经历。
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He find it demean to ask his wife to support the family .
他觉得让妻子来养家口有损他的面子。
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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。
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This remains a waste of important resources and is frankly demeaning to older people .
这是对重要资源的浪费,而且是在公然贬低长者。
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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。
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He find it very demean to have to work for his former employee .
他觉得要为他以前的雇员工作很失身分。
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I wouldn 't demean myself by asking my father for money .
我不会降低自己身分去向父亲要钱。
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Do you think he would demean himself by accepting a bribe ?
你以为他会接受贿赂辱没自己吗?
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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。
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The entire family was demeaned by george 's behaviour .
全家因乔治的举动而损了面子。
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The popularity of thirdpartybragging raises the question : why do people demean themselves in this way ?
“他夸”的普遍流行引发了一个问题:人们为什么要这样降低自己的格调?
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Acting in a play , on the other hand , was considered socially demeaning .
另一方面,演戏曾经在社会上被认为是丢脸的事。
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Demean you in some way that I do not comprehend ?
我无意中贬低了你?
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You will demean yourself if you agree to the terms of the contract .
要是同意契约的条款,就等于瞧不起自己。
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I will test you in ways that you will often consider unfair , demeaning , and illegal .
我将会用你们通常认为不公平,下贱的和不合法的方法考验。
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What can managers do to maintain control but do so in a way that isn 't demeaning to employees ?
管理者应该做些什么才是既保证这种控制同时又不降低员工身份?
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They said the company ought to respect its employees instead of resorting to demeaning punishments .
市民们表示公司应该尊重员工,而不是采用这种惩罚来贬低他们。
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Demeaned themselves well in class .
他们刻意使自己在班上表现良好。
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Demeaning to me and my people ?
无视我和我的人民?
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Advertisements like this demean women .
这类广告有辱妇女的人格。
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Besides , the chore of gathering data for someone else can feel demeaning , even counterproductive .
除此之外,为其他人收集数据的杂活会让人觉得贬低身份,甚至起反作用。
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She demeans herself by doing his dirty work .
他得荣誉,我们做不讨好的工作。
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Boccaccio 's treatment of sexual relations is often graphic , often witty , but never demeaning .
薄伽丘对性关系的处理经常是生动细致地描绘,经常是风趣诙谐的,但从不自贬身份。