demeaning
英 [dɪˈmiːnɪŋ]
美 [dɪˈmiːnɪŋ]
adj. 降低身份的; 失去尊严的
v. 降低身份; 失去尊重; 贬低; 贬损; 使失尊严
demean的现在分词
现在分词:demeaning
BNC.20201 / COCA.15952
牛津词典
adj.
- 降低身份的;失去尊严的
putting sb in a position that does not give them the respect that they should have- 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。
- He found it demeaning to work for his former employee.
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 降低身份的;贬低的;贬损的
Something that isdemeaningmakes people have less respect for the person who is treated in that way, or who does that thing.- ...demeaning sexist comments...
侮辱性的性别歧视言论 - 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。
- ...demeaning sexist comments...
英英释义
adj
- causing awareness of your shortcomings
- golf is a humbling game
双语例句
- Remember, if he is not complimenting your efforts, is tending towards being abusive or is demeaning you, you can simply quit the job.
记住,如果他不赞赏你的努力,很容易变成辱骂或是贬低你,你应该爽快的辞职。 - But the writer, who bills herself in her biography as "a feminist and former shrew," says she nearly ruined her marriage to husband john, 44, by becoming a control freak, constantly nagging and demeaning him.
但是她在传记中说自己曾是“一个女权主义者,曾经是悍妇”,一个有控制欲的怪人。没完没了的唠叨找岔,贬低丈夫,几乎葬送她与44岁的丈夫约翰的婚姻。 - 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。 - 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。 - Managing director Roger French said:` A lady complained to us that she thought the language used by a driver was demeaning to her.
总经理罗杰·弗兰齐说:有位女士向我们投诉,她认为司机使用这样的语言对她是种侮辱。 - 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。 - Refrain from demeaning self talk. Instead, remind yourself that you normally make very few mistakes.
不要认为自言自语会有损形象,时常提醒自己其实你犯的错已经很少了。 - Although the majority of lawyers prosecuted have been acquitted, the long, demeaning process of investigation is severe punishment.
社论说,虽然多数被起诉的律师最终被宣布无罪,但冗长侮辱性的调查已经是很严厉的惩罚了。 - In order to escape that demeaning ridicule and reclaim my dignity, I decided to run for Vice President the USA.
为了逃避那些有损形象的嘲弄和维护自己的尊严,我决定竞选美国副总统。 - For too long you have been ground into the dust, and used in so many ways that have been demeaning for souls such as you.
你们绑缚在尘土中已经太久,并且习惯于这许多的方式,这些一直贬低你们灵魂真实状态的方式。