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。 - 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 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。 - One of them even dared insulting me and I had to delete her comment because it was really disrespectful and demeaning.
其中一人甚至不敢侮辱我，我不得不删除她的说法，因为实在不尊重和贬低。 - 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。 - What can managers do to maintain control but do so in a way that isn't demeaning to employees?
管理者应该做些什么才是既保证这种控制同时又不降低员工身份？ - 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。 - It was a demeaning and ultimately frustrating experience.
那是一次有失颜面并且令人沮丧至极的经历。 - Acting in a play, on the other hand, was considered socially demeaning.
另一方面，演戏曾经在社会上被认为是丢脸的事。 - That advertisement is demeaning to women.
那份广告有损妇女身分。