belittling

英 [bɪˈlɪtlɪŋ]

美 [bɪˈlɪtlɪŋ]

v.  贬低; 小看
belittle的现在分词

现在分词：belittling　

COCA.43270

柯林斯词典

• VERB 轻视；贬抑；小看
  If youbelittlesomeone or something, you say or imply that they are unimportant or not very good.
  1. We mustn't belittle her outstanding achievement...
     我们一定不能小瞧了她所取得的杰出成就。
  2. It makes no sense to belittle the enormity of the disaster.
     没有理由低估这场灾难的严重性。

英英释义

noun

• the act of belittling
• a belittling comment
  Synonym:denigration

adj

• tending to diminish or disparage
  1. belittling comments
  2. managed a deprecating smile at the compliment
  3. deprecatory remarks about the book
  4. a slighting remark
  Synonym:deprecatingdeprecativedeprecatorydepreciativedepreciatoryslighting

双语例句

• But we are all jealous of one another, which is another way of belittling the King.
  然而我们彼此妒忌，这是对王的另一种轻视。
• Rao argues against an "inbred academic system", while Cui accuses him of" belittling plant anatomy ".
  饶毅反对“一种世袭的学术系统”，而崔克明指控他“贬低植物形态解剖学”。
• We must be realistic in our self-estimation, neither being conceited nor belittling ourselves.
  我们对自己的估计应该实事求是，不要自高自大，也不要妄自菲薄。
• The ideal Personality in Jin Yong's novels includes upholding righteous but belittling money, being honest and keeping one's promise, being brave and fearless.
  金庸武侠小说中的理想人格涵盖重义轻利、诚实守信、勇敢无畏等内容。
• A distant or belittling father, an emotionally smothering or needy mother, and in the center a boy with nobody to guide him on the path to manhood.
  一个感情上几乎窒息的母亲。中间就是我，没有人指导我如何做男人。
• "Misogyny" means the sentiment or the topic of distorting and belittling the female's image, pushing all faults to the female in literature.
  厌女症是指文学中歪曲、贬低女性的形象，把一切罪过都推到女性头上的情绪或主题。
• Companies may be reluctant to admit their offices are anything less than pleasant, but incivility think belittling barbs or gruff responses can lead to lost productivity, creativity and talent.
  公司也许不愿承认他们的办公室里有丁点的不愉快，但是无礼的行为想想那些贬损他人的冷嘲热讽或对人粗暴生硬的回应可能会引起生产力、创造力和才华的损失。
• You are really attacking the person and belittling them, Mr. Post says. They see you as a bully, and don't want to interact with you.
  你这样做真的是在打击和贬低别人，他们会觉得你盛气凌人，不想跟你来往。
• Misleadings: opposition between Classical Chinese and Vernacular, negating classicism, opposing the applying of allusion and antithesis, belittling Chinese Language and Characters more totally.
  误导：文白对立，否定古典，反对用典和对仗，更全面贬低中国语言文字。
• Others, still smarting from years of belittling messages, will unconsciously tend to mirror others in the same way out of pattern repetition or to perpetuate a destructive pecking order.
  其它人，仍然在感受着多年的被缩小的刺痛，将会无意识地以同样的方式，出于重复的模式来镜射他人，或者重复地持久地使用破坏性的顺序。