belittling

英 [bɪˈlɪtlɪŋ]

美 [bɪˈlɪtlɪŋ]

v.  贬低; 小看
belittle的现在分词

现在分词：belittling　

COCA.43270

柯林斯词典

• VERB 轻视；贬抑；小看
  If youbelittlesomeone or something, you say or imply that they are unimportant or not very good.
  1. We mustn't belittle her outstanding achievement...
     我们一定不能小瞧了她所取得的杰出成就。
  2. It makes no sense to belittle the enormity of the disaster.
     没有理由低估这场灾难的严重性。

英英释义

noun

• the act of belittling
• a belittling comment
  Synonym:denigration

adj

• tending to diminish or disparage
  1. belittling comments
  2. managed a deprecating smile at the compliment
  3. deprecatory remarks about the book
  4. a slighting remark
  Synonym:deprecatingdeprecativedeprecatorydepreciativedepreciatoryslighting

双语例句

• After entering the modern society, this kind of story that ordinary masses told is while affirming women's intelligence and laborer's own value, there is inclination of criticizing or belittling Confucius.
  进入现代社会后，普通群众讲述的该类故事则在肯定女性智慧和劳动者自身价值的同时，还有了批评或贬抑孔子的倾向。
• Companies may be reluctant to admit their offices are anything less than pleasant, but incivility think belittling barbs or gruff responses can lead to lost productivity, creativity and talent.
  公司也许不愿承认他们的办公室里有丁点的不愉快，但是无礼的行为想想那些贬损他人的冷嘲热讽或对人粗暴生硬的回应可能会引起生产力、创造力和才华的损失。
• A distant or belittling father, an emotionally smothering or needy mother, and in the center a boy with nobody to guide him on the path to manhood.
  一个感情上几乎窒息的母亲。中间就是我，没有人指导我如何做男人。
• The Economic Explanation of Farmers '"Belittling Health-keeping, Valuing Medical Treatment" Behavior in China
  中国农民轻保健、重医疗行为的经济学解释
• I shied away from the subject because it felt belittling to my efforts to admit that some ─ a lot?
  我回避这个问题，是因为这感觉就像贬低我的努力，承认我的某些&许多？
• Also, its elevation of social and political dimensions and its belittling of the individual dimension have made contemporary art more biased.
  而且，对社会、政治维度的高扬与对个人维度的贬抑，也导致了当代艺术的片面化。
• Though, there are the consciousness and effect of belittling Western learning and prettifying traditional culture in his study, generally speaking, but it grew with the times.
  他的国粹研究虽然存在着贬低西学、美化传统文化的效应，但总的说来是与时俱进的。
• Stop belittling yourself& your work is highly valued.
  别小看你自己&你的工作很有价值。
• However, his belittling of peasants from the angle of culture embodied the intolerance in his mind and emotion.
  但同时他从文化的角度对农民的贬损也体出了他在思想、情感方面的偏狭。
• They sought to make themselves powerful by belittling others and making their employees question their own skills and abilities.
  他们是在通过贬损别人、让员工怀疑自己的能力和水平来让自己感到有力量。