| 词汇 | demeaned |
| 释义 | demeaned past simple and past participle ofdemean demean verb[ T ] uk /dɪˈmiːn/ us /dɪˈmiːn/ to cause someone to become less respected: 羞辱，贬低 The entire family was demeaned by his behaviour.全家人都因他的行为而蒙羞。 I wouldn't demean myself by asking my parents for money.我决不会向父母要钱，我可丢不起那人。 Synonyms degrade disgrace Humiliating and degrading abase abasement be under a cloudidiom bring/take someone down a peg (or two)idiom bruise someone's egoidiom debase dishonour dishonourable dishonourably doghouse exhibition ignominious ignominiously ignominy in the doghouseidiom indignity shoddy stoop stoop to something undignified Examples of demeaneddemeaned In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The difference between the two techniques lies in the weights that are used when variables are time demeaned. In fourteen years of plunder and repression, every significant political and civic institution had been demeaned or destroyed. The informants believed that the centre provides a service for ' old people ', and because that group has low status, the centre's value is demeaned. I felt put down and demeaned. Those principles have been demeaned and broken on numerous occasions by all the paramilitary organisations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It cuts across party political divides, challenges us all and should not be demeaned by being looked at in that way. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Does he understand that he has demeaned those standards by his behaviour in the past three months? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Once again, we demeaned ourselves in the eyes of international conferences. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 She said afterwards that she felt demeaned and that her day was one tinged with sadness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 None of us feels demeaned by performing that duty. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Uncharacteristically, he demeaned his approach to that important issue. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If society itself becomes addicted to a habit in that way, society becomes demeaned. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 She says that in some way or other this country has been demeaned in the councils of the world during these past four years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The odious and contemptible speech that we have just heard has demeaned the debate, which up to then was of a very high standard. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 His manner demeaned his office and degraded his argument. 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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