| 词汇 | belittling |
| 释义 | belittling present 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 belittlingbelittling 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 by belittling, criticism, mocking sarcasm, or derogatory or condescending language. Sensitivity guards against belittling the importance of the duty to be overridden and ignoring the moral traces such duties continue to hold. Examples of emotional maltreatment include belittling and ridiculing the child or exposure to severe marital violence. She was belittling him, denying rather than acknowledging a relationship between them. Secondly, what the monks considered to be the real threat from the secular college - the belittling of their special position. Belittling words minimize nonhuman suffering and death. In contrast to that, the students rated two characteristics as most important: 'being fair in grading' and 'corrects students' mistakes without belittling them' (ranked third and seventh, respectively). We are in danger of belittling what 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 the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In belittling that, 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 the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It really is no use belittling these difficulties, because they are immense. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not belittling the 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 the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not in any way belittling the great steps which have been taken. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have had the same belittling of 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 the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not belittling the importance of physical exercises later on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Let us not hear any talk about prejudice or any belittling of our motives in initiating the debate tonight. 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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