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demean v.贬低；降低 (1) 要是你同意契约的条款，就等于瞧不起自己。(2) 他觉得如果他回复那封充满辱骂的信，会自贬身份。(3) 我决不低三下四地乞求施舍。(4) 我不会降低身分向他们求情。 If you noticed the word mean in demean, that's a good clue to its meaning. To demean someone is very mean. You are demeaning your sister or brother if you run their underwear up a flagpole. A teacher could demean a student by saying "You're stupid!" To demean is to insult: no one wants to be demeaned. Insulting language is often called demeaning. We can also say a bad president demeaned his office.

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英 [dɪ'miːn] 美 [dɪ'miːn] (1) You will demean yourself if you agree to the terms of the contract.(2) He felt he would demean himself if he replied to the scurrilous letter.(3) I wouldn't demean myself by asking for charity.(4) I wouldn't demean myself to ask for favours from them. To demean someone is to insult them. To demean is to degrade or put down a person or thing. 1[VERB 动词]降低(自己)的身份；有辱（自己）的人格 If you demean yourself, you do something which makes people have less respect for you.   [V pron-refl]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。2[VERB 动词]贬低；贬损 To demean someone or something means to make people have less respect for them.   [V n]Some groups say that pornography demeans women.一些团体认为色情作品贬低了女性。

英语单词	demean
英美音标	英 [dɪ'miːn] 美 [dɪ'miːn]
中文释义	v.贬低；降低
英语例句	(1) You will demean yourself if you agree to the terms of the contract. (2) He felt he would demean himself if he replied to the scurrilous letter. (3) I wouldn't demean myself by asking for charity. (4) I wouldn't demean myself to ask for favours from them.
中文例句	(1) 要是你同意契约的条款，就等于瞧不起自己。 (2) 他觉得如果他回复那封充满辱骂的信，会自贬身份。 (3) 我决不低三下四地乞求施舍。 (4) 我不会降低身分向他们求情。
vocabulary简明	To demean someone is to insult them. To demean is to degrade or put down a person or thing.
vocabulary扩展	If you noticed the word mean in demean, that's a good clue to its meaning. To demean someone is very mean. You are demeaning your sister or brother if you run their underwear up a flagpole. A teacher could demean a student by saying "You're stupid!" To demean is to insult: no one wants to be demeaned. Insulting language is often called demeaning. We can also say a bad president demeaned his office.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]降低(自己)的身份；有辱（自己）的人格 If you demean yourself, you do something which makes people have less respect for you. [V pron-refl] 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。 2 [VERB 动词]贬低；贬损 To demean someone or something means to make people have less respect for them. [V n] Some groups say that pornography demeans women. 一些团体认为色情作品贬低了女性。

Demean I Demeaning Verb 动词 People Respect [V