belittled

英 [bɪˈlɪtld]

美 [bɪˈlɪtld]

v.  贬低; 小看
belittle的过去分词和过去式

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

adj

• made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth)
  1. her comments made me feel small
  Synonym:diminishedsmall

双语例句

• One party of debate think the folk form is the centre source of the national style and belittled the May Fourth Movement; Though another party disagree with this view, they have already rewritten the May Fourth Movement.
  论战一方认为民间形式是民族形式的中心源泉，从而去贬低五四；另一方虽然不同意此观点，但是已经对五四进行了改写。
• The abilities others may have should not be belittled or scorned.
  别人若是有才能，不要轻易地诽谤批评。
• Network printing its low cost and convenience stores to traditional printing methods to form a not a small impact on the development potential can not be belittled.
  网络冲印以其低成本和便利性对传统店面冲印方式形成了不小的冲击，发展潜力不可小视。
• Among other specific complaints, Ms. Hong said that she was belittled at work, admonished for taking allowed time off to visit her child at school and ordered to organize parties and serve drinks to male colleagues.
  洪嘉说自己在工作中遭到轻视，虽然获准请假去学校看望孩子，却因此遭到训斥，被命令去组织派对，并为男同事上饮料，此外还有其他一些具体投诉。
• I felt belittled by his lack of confidence in me.
  我觉得他对我缺乏自信就是轻视我。
• The press gave the by-election no publicity and belittled its significance.
  新闻界对这次补选未加宣传。小看了它的重要性。
• "I never missed a single deadline," Ahlrichs says," Yet every week he'd ask that same question. I felt belittled by his lack of confidence in me."
  “我从来没错过最后期限，”阿瑞克说，“而至今为止他每个星期仍问着我同样的问题。他对我这么缺乏信心让我觉得自己被轻视了。”
• In the modern society, the protective and improvable function of the Landscape architecture for people's physical and moral health may not be belittled.
  现代社会中，园林景观对于人们身心健康的保护与改善作用更不可小觑。
• Being so young, he is belittled by others in the beginning, which actually gives him a better chance to be the black horse.
  因为他年纪小，别人开始都不把他放在眼里，所以他才有机会成为黑马。
• Though she had spent hours fixing the computer he belittled her efforts, dismissing it as "basic mechanics".
  虽然她花了几小时修理电脑，他却无视她的努力，斥之为“雕虫小技”。