demean 英 [dɪˈmi:n] 　 美 [dɪˈmin]

demean

demean　 英 [dɪˈmi:n] 美 [dɪˈmin]

vt. 贬低...的身份；使...失去尊严　

进行时:demeaning　 过去式:demeaned　 过去分词:demeaned　 第三人称单数:demeans　

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。
From the get-go, that is the last thing we had in mind… How can we celebrate Chinese women if we demean Chinese women?　从一开始，我们就没有想过要贬低中国女性。 我们怎么能一边赞美中国女性，一边贬低中国女性呢？

  • To demean someone is to insult them. To demean is to degrade or put down a person or thing.
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  • vt. 贬低...的身份；使...失去尊严

  • 1. 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。

  • 2. From the get-go, that is the last thing we had in mind… How can we celebrate Chinese women if we demean Chinese women?

    从一开始，我们就没有想过要贬低中国女性。 我们怎么能一边赞美中国女性，一边贬低中国女性呢？

  • 3. “That is to demean our humanity because there are always options, always choices, always solutions that human ingenuity can summon,” he said.

    他说：“那是在贬低我们的人性，因为人类的智慧可以让我们永远有选择的权利，永远有选择的机会，永远有解决的方法”。

  • demean (v.) "lower in dignity," c. 1600, perhaps from de- "down" + mean (adj.) and modeled on debase. Indistinguishable in some uses from obsolete demean (see demeanor) which influenced it and may be its true source. Related: Demeaned; demeaning.
de·mean / dɪˈmiːn ; NAmE dɪˈmiːn / verb 1 demeanyourself to do sth that makes people have less respect for you 降低身分；失去尊重 ◆ I wouldn't demean myself by asking for charity. 我决不低三下四地乞求施舍。 2 demeansb/sth to make people have less respect for sb/sth 贬低；贬损；使失尊严 SYN degrade ◆ Such images demean women. 这些形象有损妇女尊严。 demean demeans demeaned demeaning de·mean / dɪˈmiːn ; NAmE dɪˈmiːn /
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