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

• 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。
• The Foxconn structure is very autocratic and can be, I think to some people, somewhat demeaning.
  富士康的结构非常专制，我认为对有些人甚至是有点有损人格的。
• This remains a waste of important resources and is frankly demeaning to older people.
  这是对重要资源的浪费，而且是在公然贬低长者。
• A Sino-British Comparison of the Practicability and the Related Test Measures of the Witness Testimony in Criminal Lawsuits; To refrain from the use of abusive, demeaning or humiliating language and opinions in oral or written communication with attorneys, parties, and witnesses.
  论中英两国刑事证人证言可采性标准及检测方法在与律师、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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。