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

• Only those above me can praise or belittle me.
  惟凌驾于我者，得称赞或轻蔑我。
• I don't like comments that belittle people.
  我不喜欢贬低别人的评论。
• 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。
• 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。
• Already, both sides are jockeying to belittle the other side.
  双方已经在使出浑身解数贬低对方了。
• And I must say that I don't have any show mean, I also not is to prove that myself have how noble values, I don't belittle other any Chinese woman, I just tell the real side.
  我也必须申明，我没有任何作秀的意思，我也并不是要证明自己有着如何高尚的情操，我不贬低其它的任何一个中国女性，我仅仅说出真实的一面。
• This is not to belittle that simplicity of the idea; that's wonderful.
  不要小看这种简单的想法，它还是非常棒的。
• 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。
• He could not belittle love.
  他不能小看了爱情。
• The Whigs may attempt to belittle our candidates. That is a favorite game of theirs.
  辉格党人可能会试图贬低我们的候选人。这是他们最拿手的把戏。