demeaning
英 [dɪˈmiːnɪŋ]
美 [dɪˈmiːnɪŋ]
adj. 降低身份的; 失去尊严的
v. 降低身份; 失去尊重; 贬低; 贬损; 使失尊严
demean的现在分词
现在分词：demeaning
BNC.20201 / COCA.15952
牛津词典
adj.
- 降低身份的；失去尊严的
putting sb in a position that does not give them the respect that they should have- He found it demeaning to work for his former employee.
他觉得为自己以前的雇员工作有失体面。
- He found it demeaning to work for his former employee.
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 降低身份的;贬低的;贬损的
Something that isdemeaningmakes people have less respect for the person who is treated in that way, or who does that thing.- ...demeaning sexist comments...
侮辱性的性别歧视言论 - Aid, however it is obtained, is demeaning to the recipients.
不管救助是如何取得的，对受益人来说都不是很光彩的事。
- ...demeaning sexist comments...
英英释义
adj
- causing awareness of your shortcomings
- golf is a humbling game
双语例句
- I will test you in ways that you will often consider unfair, demeaning, and illegal.
我将会用你们通常认为不公平，下贱的和不合法的方法考验。 - Besides, the chore of gathering data for someone else can feel demeaning, even counterproductive.
除此之外，为其他人收集数据的杂活会让人觉得贬低身份，甚至起反作用。 - Managing director Roger French said:` A lady complained to us that she thought the language used by a driver was demeaning to her.
总经理罗杰·弗兰齐说：有位女士向我们投诉，她认为司机使用这样的语言对她是种侮辱。 - For too long you have been ground into the dust, and used in so many ways that have been demeaning for souls such as you.
你们绑缚在尘土中已经太久，并且习惯于这许多的方式，这些一直贬低你们灵魂真实状态的方式。 - Please don't "reach out to me directly" unless you can actually afford me; it is demeaning and absurd to think that the sound of your voice would somehow change my opinion on this matter.
如果你出不起这个价钱，请不要直接与我联系。想用你的声音来让我改变注意是很荒谬的，简直是对我的侮辱。 - In order to escape that demeaning ridicule and reclaim my dignity, I decided to run for Vice President the USA.
为了逃避那些有损形象的嘲弄和维护自己的尊严，我决定竞选美国副总统。 - But critics of group interviews find them demeaning and say they add unnecessary stress and competition in an already-difficult job-hunting process.
但反对小组面试的批评者却认为这种方法有损人格，声称这种方式给本已困难重重的求职过程增加了不必要的额外压力和竞争。 - But the writer, who bills herself in her biography as "a feminist and former shrew," says she nearly ruined her marriage to husband john, 44, by becoming a control freak, constantly nagging and demeaning him.
但是她在传记中说自己曾是“一个女权主义者，曾经是悍妇”，一个有控制欲的怪人。没完没了的唠叨找岔，贬低丈夫，几乎葬送她与44岁的丈夫约翰的婚姻。 - Like others who have worked with Mr Gates, Mr Allen depicts the long-time head of Microsoft as aggressively competitive and demanding of employees to the point of demeaning them, though his account of his personal dealings with Mr Gates raises fresh questions about business ethics.
和其他曾与盖茨共事的人一样，阿伦称微软的这位长期掌门人极其好争，对员工要求苛刻乃至有辱人格，不过他对自己与盖茨个人交往的叙述引发了有关商业道德的新疑问。 - Refrain from demeaning self talk. Instead, remind yourself that you normally make very few mistakes.
不要认为自言自语会有损形象，时常提醒自己其实你犯的错已经很少了。