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be beneath someone
phrase
C2
to not be good enough for someone: 对…来说不够好
Office work of any description he felt was beneath him.他觉得做任何办公室的工作都有失他的身份。
Would you be willing to give an interview, or is that something you think is beneath you?
Even though it was a children's movie, the actors never acted as if it was beneath them.
They asked if she felt that working as a cleaner was beneath her.
That sort of childish behaviour is beneath me, so I simply ignore it.
See also
beneathpreposition(NOT GOOD ENOUGH)
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