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词汇 demean
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demean

verb
/dɪˈmiːn/
/dɪˈmiːn/
动词形式
present simple I / you / we / they demean
/dɪˈmiːn/
/dɪˈmiːn/
he / she / it demeans
/dɪˈmiːnz/
/dɪˈmiːnz/
past simple demeaned
/dɪˈmiːnd/
/dɪˈmiːnd/
past participle demeaned
/dɪˈmiːnd/
/dɪˈmiːnd/
-ing form demeaning
/dɪˈmiːnɪŋ/
/dɪˈmiːnɪŋ/
  1. demean yourself to do something that makes people have less respect for you降低身份;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. demean somebody/something to make people have less respect for somebody/something贬低;贬损;使失尊严 synonym degrade
    • Such images demean women.这些形象有损妇女尊严。
    • Behaviour like this demeans politics.像这样的行为贬低了政治。
  3. 词源early 17th cent.: from de- ‘away, down’ + the adjective mean, on the pattern of debase.
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