词汇 | self-abasement |
释义 | self-abasement noun[ U ] uk /ˌself.əˈbeɪs.mənt/ us /ˌself.əˈbeɪs.mənt/ the act of making yourself seem less important or less deserving of respect than you are or should be: 自贬 Some readers may feel that, even in the cause of self-abasement, some things would have been better left unsaid. He has built an entire career on self-abasement.他的整个职业生涯都建立在自卑的基础上。 Related word abasement Perhaps just for once we should not indulge in guilt-ridden self-abasement. There is something offputting about his mixture of self-abasement and cocky self-regard. The movie follows the descent into self-abasement of a beautiful actress. Humiliating and degrading abase abasement be under a cloudidiom bring/take someone down a peg (or two)idiom bruise someone's egoidiom disgraced dishonour dishonourable dishonourably doghouse ignoble ignobly ignominious ignominiously ignominy shoddily shoddiness shoddy stoop stoop to something |
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