demeaned

英 [dɪˈmiːnd]

美 [dɪˈmiːnd]

v.  降低身份; 失去尊重; 贬低; 贬损; 使失尊严
demean的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 降低(自己)的身份;有辱（自己）的人格
  If youdemean yourself, you do something which makes people have less respect for you.
  1. I wasn't going to demean myself by acting like a suspicious wife.
     我不会表现得像个疑神疑鬼的妻子一样自贬身价。
• VERB 贬低;贬损
  Todemeansomeone or something means to make people have less respect for them.
  1. Some groups say that pornography demeans women.
     一些团体认为色情作品贬低了女性。

双语例句

• By lying he had demeaned his office.
  他撒谎，实在有辱他的职位。
• The British Prime Minister used a speech to faith leaders to suggest that David Cameron, the opposition Conservative leader, was prepared to stand aside while the recession took its toll, a policy which he said "demeaned our humanity".
  布朗利用向宗教领袖发表的演讲指出，反对党保守党领袖大卫卡梅伦（davidcameron）准备在经济衰退造成损失之际作壁上观，他称这项政策“贬低了我们的人性”。
• The entire family was demeaned by george's behaviour.
  全家因乔治的举动而损了面子。
• In such cases our personality usually feels hurt, demeaned and in danger.
  在这种情况下我们的个性，通常感到伤害，尊严和危险。
• He constantly put her down and demeaned her at every opportunity.
  他经常推倒她，并且抓住每个机会贬低她。
• I've been there, Jack and I felt demeaned, angry with myself for boosting their self-image or their ambitions.
  我去过那儿杰克，我觉得耻辱，愤怒与自己提升自己的自我形象或他们的野心。
• In the dualistic society, the farmers who are demeaned as second-class citizens are in an unequal position.
  在二元社会结构中，农民被人为地降为二等公民的不平等地位。
• The present debate is demeaned by posturing and scaremongering on both sides.
  当前的辩论已沦为辩论双方摆姿态和危言耸听的游戏。
• Demeaned themselves well in class.
  他们刻意使自己在班上表现良好。