belittled

英 [bɪˈlɪtld]

美 [bɪˈlɪtld]

v.  贬低; 小看
belittle的过去分词和过去式

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

adj

• made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth)
  1. her comments made me feel small
  Synonym:diminishedsmall

双语例句

• Among other specific complaints, Ms. Hong said that she was belittled at work, admonished for taking allowed time off to visit her child at school and ordered to organize parties and serve drinks to male colleagues.
  洪嘉说自己在工作中遭到轻视，虽然获准请假去学校看望孩子，却因此遭到训斥，被命令去组织派对，并为男同事上饮料，此外还有其他一些具体投诉。
• Putting questions has been belittled and come to be the only tool, thus imagination vanished and curiosity faded away.
  提问开始遭到贬谛，成为利用的工具，想象消逝了，好奇消亡了。
• Though the church's attitudes towards women were uniform overall, in the Middle Ages emphasizing asceticism, the church still vigorously preached the evils of women, strongly belittled their status and emphasized the dependence and obedience of women on men.
  虽然教会女性观总体上并不统一，但在强调禁欲主义的中世纪，教会大肆宣扬妇女的罪恶，极力贬低她们的地位，强调女性对男性的依附和顺从。
• A poor but honest man is not to be belittled.
  穷而诚实的人是不该让人小看的。
• The abilities others may have should not be belittled or scorned.
  别人若是有才能，不要轻易地诽谤批评。
• And still he is challenged, and still his goodness is spurned, and still his wisdom is belittled, and still there are attempts to usurp his authority.
  仍旧有人挑战他，仍旧有人拒绝他的仁慈，仍旧有人轻视他的智慧，仍旧有人企图盗用他的授权。
• Network printing its low cost and convenience stores to traditional printing methods to form a not a small impact on the development potential can not be belittled.
  网络冲印以其低成本和便利性对传统店面冲印方式形成了不小的冲击，发展潜力不可小视。
• Language, to a great extent, reflects such social phenomena: females are defamed, belittled, and layed in the position of being subordinate to males.
  语言在很大程度上反映了诋毁女性、贬低女性，并将女性置于男性的附属地位的社会现象。
• Christian fiction too, long belittled as either low-quality dross or frivolous and a waste of time, is enjoying a boom that has been linked by some to George W.Bush's presidency.
  基督教小说类图书的销量也大幅攀升，这与美国总统布什的就职有一定关系。长期以来，基督教小说一直被认为是质量不高且无聊乏味，读起来根本就是浪费时间。
• Belittled life results from belittled laws.
  法律轻，所以人命轻。