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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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? - 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。 - Remember, if he is not complimenting your efforts, is tending towards being abusive or is demeaning you, you can simply quit the job.
记住,如果他不赞赏你的努力,很容易变成辱骂或是贬低你,你应该爽快的辞职。 - 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。