"demean" بـChinese (Traditional)

• 貶低
• 侮辱

التعريف

使某人感到不重要或失去尊嚴；降低某人的價值感。

ملاحظات الاستخدام (Chinese (Traditional))

多用於正式或嚴肅場合。常見搭配有“demean yourself（貶低自己）”、“demean others”、“demean someone's achievements”。不要與“degrade”（降解、惡化）混淆。著重表示情感上的傷害或失去尊重。

أمثلة

Don't demean others to feel better about yourself.

不要為了讓自己感覺更好去**貶低**別人。

I would never demean my friends in public.

我絕不會在公開場合**貶低**我的朋友。

Her comment was meant to demean his hard work.

她的評論意在**貶低**他的努力。

He refused to demean himself by apologizing for something he didn't do.

他拒絕為自己沒做的事**低聲下氣**地道歉。

Making jokes at someone's expense can really demean them.

拿別人開玩笑其實會很**貶低**他們。

She felt demeaned by her boss's unfair criticism.

她因為老闆的不公正批評感到被**貶低**了。