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单词 demean
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demean1

verb dɪˈmiːndəˈmin
[with object]
  • 1Cause a severe loss in the dignity of and respect for (someone or something)

    使失尊严,有辱…的人格,贬低

    I had demeaned the profession

    我辱没了这个职业。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • But when they demean a work of beauty and dignity that has shaped English history and literature as no other book, they invite retribution.
    • Singling out people for praise can be difficult as it risks demeaning the achievements of others.
    • In other words, I would say that idolatry not only dishonors God and demeans the idolater; it ultimately leads to the destruction of the hapless idol itself.
    • But you abused, debased and threatened that woman, threatening her and demeaning her.
    • Other than demeaning me for napping in the laundry room it was our only conversation.
    • It demeans the people who do this work by telling them that their work is not important - that it is low-grade and demeaning.
    • But it not only demeans women, it also demeans the men that buy it, as well as everybody that makes money from it.
    • I am not in any way demeaning our brave men folk but they do generally get more coverage than us ladies.
    • When children are demeaned and injured rather than respected and nurtured, they do not develop a sense of their own power and an ability to maintain their own boundaries.
    • Women were humiliated and brutalised as part of a campaign to demean their ethnicity.
    • While comparing products, they were not allowed to degrade or demean the merchandise offered by competitors.
    • The editor rejects as ‘drivel’ any suggestion that his paper may be demeaning women.
    • Brown condemns, with reason, men demeaning women through the ages by their patriarchal ideology.
    • I wish he would stop demeaning the provincial system in his writings.
    • To think of students as customers cheapens and demeans post-secondary education.
    • Don't think I am demeaning his achievement by saying it comes from not getting bored.
    • We demean the concept of safety and undermine the teaching profession when responsibility is only advocated in one direction.
    • There are ways and means of showing respect without such references, which only demean the person who makes use of the term.
    • Litter-strewn streets, graffiti and derelict buildings demean residents' quality of life and devalue the visitor experience.
    Synonyms
    degrading, humiliating, shaming, shameful, bringing shame, mortifying, abject, lowering, ignominious, undignified, inglorious, discrediting
    menial
    informal infra dig
    1. 1.1demean oneself Do something that is beneath one's dignity.
      自贬人格
      good potential MPs would not demean themselves by setting out to acquire popularity
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Neither demeaning themselves to meet low tastes, nor overbearing in their presentation, they fit in perfectly with their requirement as a typical TV presenter.
      • Too many people, though - many of them female - still seem to think that a woman demeans herself when she wears a revealing dress.
      • They of course demeaned themselves by demonstrating on the lawn outside the council room like a mob of unlettered students - but that is the way of the unreal world of academia.
      • I would rather die than demean myself by serving customers.
      • I wouldn't demean myself by running a mile, unless I was immediately going to follow it by running another twelve miles at least.
      • With a lack of integrity, they demean themselves and the game.
      • They are demeaning themselves and making themselves unsuccessful.
      • She says ambitious celebrities who appear topless or in bikinis in steamy photo shoots are ‘disgusting’ and are demeaning themselves.
      • And no caveats either - don't patronise me or demean yourself by trying to justify anything.
      • You only have to watch reality shows where seemingly intelligent women demean themselves into begging for the nod of Bachelor Joe to realize something has gone seriously wrong.
      • Your ridiculous new border controls border on madness, and we refuse to demean ourselves by submitting to your arrogant, petty-minded demands.
      • She came away from the experience wondering why any girl would demean herself to such an extent, regardless of the loot involved.
      • Perhaps, no human being would want to demean himself by seeking succour along the streets and from strangers.
      • The main problem is that well educated journalists who want to be thought of as professionals continually demean themselves by accepting these positions at these rates of pay.
      • The ministers are accused of demeaning themselves - their male counterparts would never agree to such a photo-shoot.
      • But please let's not demean ourselves by pretending this falls into the great canon of drama.
      • But there are things that it's been criticised for unfairly, and worse - reactions from audiences and critics that demean themselves and our culture.
      • I would not mind if they only demeaned themselves.
      • But that word ‘respectable’ really stands for this presumption: that we, people like us, never commit crimes, never have to demean ourselves on the streets.
      • Why would world-class athletes demean themselves in such a way?
      Synonyms
      discredit, lower, lower someone's dignity, lower someone's status, degrade, debase, devalue, demote
      cheapen, abase, humble, humiliate, disgrace, dishonour
      (demean oneself), condescend, deign, stoop, descend

Origin

Early 17th century: from de- 'away, down' + the adjective mean2, on the pattern of debase.

demean2

verb dɪˈmiːndəˈmin
demean oneselfarchaic
  • Conduct oneself in a particular way.

    〈古〉使举止显出一定特征

    no man demeaned himself so honourably

    再没有人举止有他那么体面。

Origin

Middle English (also in the sense 'manage, control'): from Old French demener 'to lead', based on Latin de- 'away' + minare 'drive (animals), drive on with threats' (from minari 'threaten').

demean1

verbdəˈmindəˈmēn
[with object]
  • 1Cause a severe loss in the dignity of and respect for (someone or something)

    使失尊严,有辱…的人格,贬低

    I had demeaned the profession

    我辱没了这个职业。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In other words, I would say that idolatry not only dishonors God and demeans the idolater; it ultimately leads to the destruction of the hapless idol itself.
    • The editor rejects as ‘drivel’ any suggestion that his paper may be demeaning women.
    • Other than demeaning me for napping in the laundry room it was our only conversation.
    • Women were humiliated and brutalised as part of a campaign to demean their ethnicity.
    • But you abused, debased and threatened that woman, threatening her and demeaning her.
    • To think of students as customers cheapens and demeans post-secondary education.
    • While comparing products, they were not allowed to degrade or demean the merchandise offered by competitors.
    • There are ways and means of showing respect without such references, which only demean the person who makes use of the term.
    • But it not only demeans women, it also demeans the men that buy it, as well as everybody that makes money from it.
    • When children are demeaned and injured rather than respected and nurtured, they do not develop a sense of their own power and an ability to maintain their own boundaries.
    • Don't think I am demeaning his achievement by saying it comes from not getting bored.
    • Brown condemns, with reason, men demeaning women through the ages by their patriarchal ideology.
    • Singling out people for praise can be difficult as it risks demeaning the achievements of others.
    • I am not in any way demeaning our brave men folk but they do generally get more coverage than us ladies.
    • I wish he would stop demeaning the provincial system in his writings.
    • But when they demean a work of beauty and dignity that has shaped English history and literature as no other book, they invite retribution.
    • Litter-strewn streets, graffiti and derelict buildings demean residents' quality of life and devalue the visitor experience.
    • We demean the concept of safety and undermine the teaching profession when responsibility is only advocated in one direction.
    • It demeans the people who do this work by telling them that their work is not important - that it is low-grade and demeaning.
    Synonyms
    discredit, lower, lower someone's dignity, lower someone's status, degrade, debase, devalue, demote
    degrading, humiliating, shaming, shameful, bringing shame, mortifying, abject, lowering, ignominious, undignified, inglorious, discrediting
    1. 1.1demean oneself Do something that is beneath one's dignity.
      自贬人格
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Too many people, though - many of them female - still seem to think that a woman demeans herself when she wears a revealing dress.
      • I wouldn't demean myself by running a mile, unless I was immediately going to follow it by running another twelve miles at least.
      • But there are things that it's been criticised for unfairly, and worse - reactions from audiences and critics that demean themselves and our culture.
      • The ministers are accused of demeaning themselves - their male counterparts would never agree to such a photo-shoot.
      • Perhaps, no human being would want to demean himself by seeking succour along the streets and from strangers.
      • The main problem is that well educated journalists who want to be thought of as professionals continually demean themselves by accepting these positions at these rates of pay.
      • Your ridiculous new border controls border on madness, and we refuse to demean ourselves by submitting to your arrogant, petty-minded demands.
      • She came away from the experience wondering why any girl would demean herself to such an extent, regardless of the loot involved.
      • But that word ‘respectable’ really stands for this presumption: that we, people like us, never commit crimes, never have to demean ourselves on the streets.
      • Why would world-class athletes demean themselves in such a way?
      • And no caveats either - don't patronise me or demean yourself by trying to justify anything.
      • They of course demeaned themselves by demonstrating on the lawn outside the council room like a mob of unlettered students - but that is the way of the unreal world of academia.
      • They are demeaning themselves and making themselves unsuccessful.
      • With a lack of integrity, they demean themselves and the game.
      • I would rather die than demean myself by serving customers.
      • But please let's not demean ourselves by pretending this falls into the great canon of drama.
      • Neither demeaning themselves to meet low tastes, nor overbearing in their presentation, they fit in perfectly with their requirement as a typical TV presenter.
      • I would not mind if they only demeaned themselves.
      • You only have to watch reality shows where seemingly intelligent women demean themselves into begging for the nod of Bachelor Joe to realize something has gone seriously wrong.
      • She says ambitious celebrities who appear topless or in bikinis in steamy photo shoots are ‘disgusting’ and are demeaning themselves.
      Synonyms
      discredit, lower, lower someone's dignity, lower someone's status, degrade, debase, devalue, demote

Origin

Early 17th century: from de- ‘away, down’ + the adjective mean, on the pattern of debase.

demean2

verbdəˈmindəˈmēn
demean oneselfarchaic
  • Conduct oneself in a particular way.

    〈古〉使举止显出一定特征

    no man demeaned himself so honorably

    再没有人举止有他那么体面。

Origin

Middle English (also in the sense ‘manage, control’): from Old French demener ‘to lead’, based on Latin de- ‘away’ + minare ‘drive (animals), drive on with threats’ (from minari ‘threaten’).

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