de·mean
verb/dɪˈmiːn/
/dɪˈmiːn/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they demean | /dɪˈmiːn/ /dɪˈmiːn/ |
| he / she / it demeans | /dɪˈmiːnz/ /dɪˈmiːnz/ |
| past simple demeaned | /dɪˈmiːnd/ /dɪˈmiːnd/ |
| past participle demeaned | /dɪˈmiːnd/ /dɪˈmiːnd/ |
| -ing form demeaning | /dɪˈmiːnɪŋ/ /dɪˈmiːnɪŋ/ |
- demean yourself to do something that makes people have less respect for you
（做有失尊严的事）贬低（自己），降低（自己的）身份 - I wouldn't demean myself by asking for charity.
我决不低三下四地乞求施舍。
- I wouldn't demean myself by asking for charity.
- demean somebody/something to make people have less respect for somebody/something
贬低；贬损；使失尊严 - Such images demean women.
这些形象有损妇女尊严。 - Behaviour like this demeans politics.
这样的行为贬低了政治。
- Such images demean women.
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from de- ‘away, down’ + the adjective mean, on the pattern of debase.