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
  1. 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。

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.
  1. ...demeaning sexist comments...
     侮辱性的性别歧视言论
  2. 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。

英英释义

adj

• causing awareness of your shortcomings
  1. golf is a humbling game
  Synonym:humblinghumiliatingmortifying

双语例句

• That advertisement is demeaning to women.
  那份广告有损妇女身分。
• Although the majority of lawyers prosecuted have been acquitted, the long, demeaning process of investigation is severe punishment.
  社论说，虽然多数被起诉的律师最终被宣布无罪，但冗长侮辱性的调查已经是很严厉的惩罚了。
• 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。
• To refrain from the use of abusive, demeaning or humiliating language and opinions in oral or written communication with attorneys, parties, and witnesses.
  在与律师、当事人以及证人的口头或书面交流中避免辱骂性的、贬损性的或羞辱性的语言或意见。
• 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。
• Demeaning to me and my people?
  无视我和我的人民？
• We seek out situations, jobs, and people that affirm our intelligence, perceptions, and self-worth and avoid situations or people who are hurtful, harmful, or demeaning to us.
  找寻能对我们的智力、观察力和自我价值予以肯定的环境、工作和人群，远离那些无益的环境和有害的人群。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。