belittling
present participle ofbelittle
| 单词 | belittling |
| 释义 | belittling present participle ofbelittle belittle verb[T] uk/bɪˈlɪt.əl/us/bɪˈlɪt̬.əl/to make apersonor anactionseemas if he, she or it is notimportant: Though she hadspenthoursfixingthecomputer, he belittled herefforts. Stop belittlingyourself-yourworkishighlyvalued. Synonym disparage Insults & abuse
Examplesofbelittlingbelittling In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Speech coded as devaluing is characterized bybelittling, criticism, mocking sarcasm, or derogatory or condescending language. From theCambridge English Corpus Sensitivity guards againstbelittlingthe importance of the duty to be overridden and ignoring the moral traces such duties continue to hold. From theCambridge English Corpus Examples of emotional maltreatment includebelittlingand ridiculing the child or exposure to severe marital violence. From theCambridge English Corpus She wasbelittlinghim, denying rather than acknowledging a relationship between them. From theCambridge English Corpus Secondly, what the monks considered to be the real threat from the secular college - thebelittlingof their special position. From theCambridge English Corpus Belittlingwords minimize nonhuman suffering and death. From theCambridge English Corpus In contrast to that, the students rated two characteristics as most important: 'being fair in grading' and 'corrects students' mistakes withoutbelittlingthem' (ranked third and seventh, respectively). From theCambridge English Corpus We are in danger ofbelittlingwhat they are doing and saying if we carry on pretending that everything is bad. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Inbelittlingthat, you are dealing with a question of human life, and not with a question of the life of dogs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It really is no usebelittlingthese difficulties, because they are immense. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I am notbelittlingthe work of the women police at all, but the fact remains that they can do no work without male protection. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not in any waybelittlingthe great steps which have been taken. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We have had the samebelittlingof a social evil which is going on and flourishing under the eyes of every one of us. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I am notbelittlingthe importance of physical exercises later on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Let us not hear any talk about prejudice or anybelittlingof our motives in initiating the debate tonight. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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