英语词典 · 单词释义
demean
英 [dɪ'miːn] 美
这里集中整理“demean”的音标、翻译、词源、例句和近反义词，方便快速确认词义并顺手做词汇积累。
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词义详解
翻译 · 词源 · 例句- vt. 贬低...的身分；举止
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词源 · 例句 · 用法词态变化
第三人称单数: demeans;过去式: demeaned;过去分词: demeaned;现在分词: demeaning;
助记提示
Demean：低名。降低名誉----贬低，降低。
中文词源
demean 贬低，贬损
de-, 向下。mean,下贱的。即使下贱，贬损。比较debase.
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. I wouldn't demean myself by asking for charity.
- 我决不低三下四地乞求施舍。
来自《权威词典》
- 3. Don't demean yourself by telling such obvious lies.
- 你不要用这种明显的谎言自贬人格.
来自辞典例句
- 4. Such lier will demean you.
- 这样的谎言会贬低你的身份.
来自辞典例句
- 5. He find it demean to ask his wife to support the family.
- 他觉得让妻子来养家虎口有损他的面子.
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