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

• However, his belittling of peasants from the angle of culture embodied the intolerance in his mind and emotion.
  但同时他从文化的角度对农民的贬损也体出了他在思想、情感方面的偏狭。
• They sought to make themselves powerful by belittling others and making their employees question their own skills and abilities.
  他们是在通过贬损别人、让员工怀疑自己的能力和水平来让自己感到有力量。
• 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。
• Also, its elevation of social and political dimensions and its belittling of the individual dimension have made contemporary art more biased.
  而且，对社会、政治维度的高扬与对个人维度的贬抑，也导致了当代艺术的片面化。
• Belittling comments; managed a deprecating smile at the compliment; deprecatory remarks about the book; a slighting remark.
  轻视的评论；在恭维的时候努力带上蔑视的笑容；对这本书轻蔑的评论；藐视的话。
• Though, there are the consciousness and effect of belittling Western learning and prettifying traditional culture in his study, generally speaking, but it grew with the times.
  他的国粹研究虽然存在着贬低西学、美化传统文化的效应，但总的说来是与时俱进的。
• After entering the modern society, this kind of story that ordinary masses told is while affirming women's intelligence and laborer's own value, there is inclination of criticizing or belittling Confucius.
  进入现代社会后，普通群众讲述的该类故事则在肯定女性智慧和劳动者自身价值的同时，还有了批评或贬抑孔子的倾向。
• The main problems existing in fixed assets management of scientific research institutes are valuing purchase but belittling management and low utilization ratio.
  科研单位固定资产管理存在的主要问题是：重购置轻管理，利用率低。
• The tone of voice people used was belittling and self-righteous, the ex-employee writes. I found them snobby, cliquey and frankly, rude.
  人们讲话语气都很不屑一顾、很自以为是，这位前员工写道，我认为他们势力、扎堆，说白了就是很粗鲁。
• 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。