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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
      1. 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。

    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.
      1. ...demeaning sexist comments...
        侮辱性的性别歧视言论
      2. 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。

    英英释义

    adj

    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。