demean

verb

1. reduce in worth or character, usually verbally

e.g. She tends to put down younger women colleagues
His critics took him down after the lecture

Synonym: take downdegradedisgraceput down

1. 降低(自己)的身份;有辱（自己）的人格
If you demean yourself, you do something which makes people have less respect for you.

e.g. I wasn't going to demean myself by acting like a suspicious wife.
我不会表现得像个疑神疑鬼的妻子一样自贬身价。

2. 贬低;贬损
To demean someone or something means to make people have less respect for them.

demean

e.g. Some groups say that pornography demeans women.
一些团体认为色情作品贬低了女性。

1. demean的解释

1. 贬抑,降低：deliberate 熟思,考虑,有意,存心的 | demean 贬抑,降低 | demerit 短处,过失,缺点

2. 自贬;降低：scooter 踏板车 | demean 自贬;降低 | demeanour 行为, 举止

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3. 行为：demasculinization 男性症丧失 | demean 行为 | dement 使发疯

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4. 举止：deme 阿提卡市区 | demean 举止 | demeanour 行为