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demean

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UK [dɪˈmiːn]
  • v.降低身份；失去尊重；贬低；贬损
  • Web贬抑；贬低身份；贬低身分
Simple Present：demeans  Present Participle：demeaning  Past Tense：demeaned  

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1.
~ yourself
降低身份；失去尊重to do sth that makes people have less respect for you
I wouldn't demean myself by asking for charity.
我决不低三下四地乞求施舍。
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~ sb/sth
贬低；贬损；使失尊严to make people have less respect for sb/sth
Such images demean women.
这些形象有损妇女尊严。

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AllAll,降低身份降低身份,失去尊重失去尊重,贬低贬低,贬损贬损,贬抑贬抑,贬低身份贬低身份,贬低身分贬低身分
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So do not demean yourselves thinking that you are without value, as you are yet to learn the truth about yourselves.
所以不要“贬低”你的个人价值，因为你也已学会关于自身的真相了。
suǒ yǐ bú yào " biǎn dī " nǐ de gè rén jià zhí , yīn wèi nǐ yě yǐ xué huì guān yú zì shēn de zhēn xiàng le 。
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He find it demean to ask his wife to support the family.
他觉得让妻子来养家口有损他的面子。
tā jué de ràng qī zi lái yǎng jiā kǒu yǒu sǔn tā de miàn zi 。
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She need not demean herself any more, going into the shops and buying the cheapest food. This was at an end.
她更不必自贬身价亲自去购买廉价食品吃，一切都就此了结。
tā gèng bú bì zì biǎn shēn jià qīn zì qù gòu mǎi lián jià shí pǐn chī , yí qiè dōu jiù cǐ liǎo jié 。
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He felt he would demean himself if he replied to the scurrilous letter.
他觉得如果他回复那封充满辱骂的信，会自贬身份。
tā jué de rú guǒ tā huí fù nà fēng chōng mǎn rǔ mà de xìn , huì zì biǎn shēn fèn 。
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One does not wish to see one's colleagues demean themselves in this way.
谁也不想看到自己的同事这样放下身段。
shuí yě bù xiǎng kàn dào zì jǐ de tóng shì zhè yàng fàng xià shēn duàn 。
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But I don't demean the fact that this is relevant to life.
但我不贬低，这与生活息息相关的事实。
dàn wǒ bù biǎn dī , zhè yǔ shēng huó xī xī xiāng guān de shì shí 。
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So I don't demean that any more than I demean soap operas.
所以我不贬低它，我更瞧不起肥皂剧。
suǒ yǐ wǒ bù biǎn dī tā , wǒ gèng qiáo bu qǐ féi zào jù 。
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Participants who had both status and power did not greatly demean their partners.
既有地位又有权力的参与者并不会太侮辱其同伴。
jì yǒu dì wèi yòu yǒu quán lì de cān yù zhě bìng bú huì tài wǔ rǔ qí tóng bàn 。
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Stone insists that he was "not out to demean or hurt the man . . . We set out to show his reasoning for the Iraq War. "
Stone强调说他“无意贬低或者伤害这个男人。。。我们决心展示他发动伊拉克战争的理由。”
Stone qiáng diào shuō tā " wú yì biǎn dī huò zhě shāng hài zhè ge nán rén 。 。 。 wǒ men jué xīn zhǎn shì tā fā dòng yī lā kè zhàn zhēng de lǐ yóu 。 "
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Will my few minutes with Maya change our multibillion dollar beauty industry, reality shows that demean women, our celebrity-manic culture?
我与Maya的几分钟能改变我们数十亿美元的美容美发业、那些贬抑女性的真人秀、我们的疯狂追星的文化吗？
wǒ yǔ Maya de jǐ fēn zhōng néng gǎi biàn wǒ men shù shí yì měi yuán de měi róng měi fà yè 、 nà xiē biǎn yì nǚ xìng de zhēn rén xiù 、 wǒ men de fēng kuáng zhuī xīng de wén huà ma ?
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