belittling adj. 小看的;轻视的;有失身份的
v. 使相形见绌;轻视;贬低(belittle的ing形式)
- Do not respond such boring charge hence belittling yourself.
不要回应这种无聊的指控而贬低自己。 - The self-belittling person must grow in self-respect before God will say "Go".
自卑的人必须学会自尊,上帝才能使用他。 - But we are all jealous of one another, which is another way of belittling the King.
然而,我们却相互妒忌,这是对国王的另外一种蔑视。
belittling[ noun ]- a belittling comment
<noun.communication>
- the act of belittling
<noun.act>
[ adj ]- tending to diminish or disparage
<adj.all>
belittling comments
managed a deprecating smile at the compliment
deprecatory remarks about the book
a slighting remark
Belittle \Be*lit"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Belittled}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Belittling}.]
To make little or less in a moral sense; to speak of in a
depreciatory or contemptuous way. --T. Jefferson.