| 词汇 | belittled |
| 释义 | belittled past simple and past participle ofbelittle belittle verb[ T ] uk /bɪˈlɪt.əl/ us /bɪˈlɪt̬.əl/ to make a person or an action seem as if he, she or it is not important: 轻视;贬低 Though she had spent hours fixing the computer, he belittled her efforts.虽然她花了几个钟头修电脑，他却无视她的努力。 Stop belittling yourself - your work is highly valued.别小看你自己——你的工作很有价值。 Synonym disparage Insults & abuse abusive abusively backhanded compliment brickbat catcall catcaller catcalling contumely dis mouth mouth off (to/at someone) name neg negging point-scoring revile slap sledging slight verbal abuse Examples of belittledbelittled In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. A trendy cynicism in this period also belittled the idea that we could or should try to improve people's lives through design. If great events stemmed from minor, even accidental, events, then the great and the good were belittled. Hypocritical politicians and conceited moralists had belittled national values and in the counter-narrative belonged to the stigmatised enemies. But whereas the classical ethologists had the explicit goal of spreading their discipline, comparative psychologists generally belittled theirs. This cannot be denied, nor should public and voluntary sector programs intended to alleviate the ensuing disadvantage and suffering be belittled. Tennyson's grandfather, who did not consider poetry enough of a serious calling to establish a fortune, belittled his grandson's very promising gifts. Whilst norms of masculinity might be to blame for this situation in the case of male fans, more evidence is needed to prove this because female fans are also belittled. To fashion a coherent composition incorporating such borrowings required skill that listeners today may be better prepared to appreciate than were nineteenth- and twentieth-century commentators who belittled such works. Law is defiled and belittled by this kind of free-range writing and scribbling on every feature of shopping that occurs to the parliamentary draftsman's mind. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Unless they are supported rather than belittled, will it not be hard to recruit magistrates? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I thought he rather belittled the question of so many plans. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have never belittled the workers in my life. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are problems, which should not be belittled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This must be highly valued and cannot be belittled by the nation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Year after year groups of children can have their chances belittled by having the wrong teacher in the wrong place. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open 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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