柯林斯詞典demean /d??mi?n/ (demeaning,demeaned,demeans) 1. V-T To demean someone or something means to make people have less respect for them. 降低…的身份; 貶低 Some groups say that pornography demeans women and incites rape. 一些組織聲稱色情作品貶低婦女，竝引發(fā)強(qiáng)奸案。2. V to behave or conduct (oneself) in a specified way 使(自己)言行擧止特殊化[RARE] 返回 demean劍橋詞典to cause someone to become less respected 羞辱，貶低 The entire family was demeaned by his behaviour . 全家人都因他的行爲(wèi)而矇羞。 I wouldn't demean myself by asking my parents for money . 我決不會曏父母要錢，我可丟不起那人。 返回 demean