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belittle

英 [bɪˈlɪtl]

美 [bɪˈlɪtl]

v.  贬低; 小看

现在分词:belittling 过去分词:belittled 第三人称单数:belittles 过去式:belittled 

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Collins.1 / BNC.18553 / COCA.15936

牛津词典

    verb

    • 贬低;小看
      to make sb or the things that sb does seem unimportant
      1. She felt her husband constantly belittled her achievements.
        她觉得她的丈夫时常贬低她的成就。

    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

    verb

    • lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of
      1. don't belittle your colleagues
      Synonym:diminish
    • express a negative opinion of
      1. She disparaged her student's efforts
      Synonym:disparagepick at
    • cause to seem less serious
      1. Don't belittle his influence
      Synonym:minimizedenigratederogate

    双语例句

    • There are difficulties. I mean, let's not belittle this.
      我们不应该小看这些困难。
    • And as I say, I don't in any way want to belittle the central badness of that.
      我说过我并不想贬低其主要坏处。
    • It is wrong to belittle or neglect popularization.
      轻视和忽视普及工作的态度是错误的。
    • 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。
    • Those who seek to belittle, invalidate argue, harm or violate are non-supportive types of humans.
      那些寻求贬低、无谓争辩、伤害或孤立的人是非支持类型的人类。
    • To make Wellington so great is to belittle England.
      把威灵顿捧得那样高便是小看了英格兰。
    • Your work performance will be under spotlight, she warned students. If you make a mistake, people will belittle your competency, even if you are not that incapable.
      你的工作表现将受到大家的监督,她提醒自己的学生们:如果你犯错,即使你并非无能,人们也会轻视你的能力。
    • He could not belittle love.
      他不能小看了爱情。
    • Unfortunately, if you constantly belittle or criticize a child, he will develop negative characteristics.
      遗憾的是,如果你经常贬低、批评你的孩子,他就会养成消极的性格。
    • The extensive application of procedure justice theory will be in favor of desalting'procedure instrumentalism'and eliminating'regard entity belittle procedure'idea.
      程序正义理论的广泛应用,将有利于“程序工具主义”的淡化和消除我国“重实体轻程序”的观念。