英 [dɪˈmiːn] 美 [dɪˈmiːn]
vt. 贬低...的身份；使...失去尊严
第三人称单数demeans
现在分词demeaning
过去式demeaned
过去分词demeaned
demean /dɪˈmiːn/ TEM8 [ demeaning demeaned demeans ]
及物动词 To demean someone or something means to make people have less respect for them. 降低…的身份; 贬低
Some groups say that pornography demeans women and incites rape.
一些组织声称色情作品贬低妇女，并引发强奸案。
动词 to behave or conduct (oneself) in a specified way 使(自己)言行举止特殊化
... deliberate 熟思,考虑,有意向,存心的 demean 贬抑,降低 demerit 短处,过失,缺点 ...
... deliberate 熟思，考虑，有意，存心的 demean 贬抑，降低 demerit 短处，过失，缺点 ...
... delineate 描绘 demean 自贬；降低；刻意做 demobilize 复员 ...
举止(demeanor), 此释义来源于网络辞典。
贬低...的身分；举止
Such images demean women.
这些形象有损妇女尊严。
I wouldn't demean myself by asking for charity.
我决不低三下四地乞求施舍。
He would not demean himself to a lazy worker.
他不愿降低身份当个懒工人。
She said she couldn't stand to hear "the devil" demean her sister, almost nine years after her death.
Participants who had both status and power did not greatly demean their partners.
We promote affirmative action to overcome past wrongs, but mock the very ideals its proponents purport and demean its recipients.
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