abase 英 [əˈbeɪs]   美 [əˈbes]

abase

abase  英 [əˈbeɪs] 美 [əˈbes]

vt. 使…谦卑;降低…的品格;降低…的地位 

进行时:abasing  过去式:abased  过去分词:abased  第三人称单数:abases  名词复数:abases 

We should abase ourselves before God. 我们应该在上帝面前表示谦卑。
E. g. refused to abase herself by asking for an invitation. 因请求得到他人的邀请被拒绝而使自己的威望降低。

  • To abase something or someone is to humiliate them — no, more than just humiliate them. If you abase another person you are bringing them low, humbling them in a mean, base manner. Not nice at all.
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  • vt. 使…谦卑;降低…的品格;降低…的地位
  • 1. We should abase ourselves before God.

    我们应该在上帝面前表示谦卑。

  • 2. E. g. refused to abase herself by asking for an invitation.

    因请求得到他人的邀请被拒绝而使自己的威望降低。

  • 3. Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.

    现在我尼布甲尼撒赞美,尊崇,恭敬天上的王。 因为他所作的全都诚实,他所行的也都公平。

  • abase (v.) late 14c., "reduce in rank, etc.," from Old French abaissier "diminish, make lower in value or status; lower oneself" (12c.), literally "bend, lean down," from Vulgar Latin *ad bassiare "bring lower," from ad "to, toward" (see ad-) + Late Latin bassus "low, short" (see base (adj.)).
abase / əˈbeɪs ; NAmE əˈbeɪs / verb abaseyourself ( formal) to act in a way that shows that you accept sb's power over you 表现卑微;卑躬屈节;屈从 abase·ment / əˈbeɪsmənt ; NAmE əˈbeɪsmənt / noun [uncountable ] abase abases abased abasing abase / əˈbeɪs ; NAmE əˈbeɪs / abase·ment / əˈbeɪsmənt ; NAmE əˈbeɪsmənt /
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