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

• People who are considered unattractive are more likely to be belittled and bullied in the workplace, according to new research.
  最新研究显示，在职场中，长得不好看的人更容易被人轻视和受人欺负。
• 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。
• Being so young, he is belittled by others in the beginning, which actually gives him a better chance to be the black horse.
  因为他年纪小，别人开始都不把他放在眼里，所以他才有机会成为黑马。
• 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。
• A person who belittled our efforts to do the job right.
  一个小看我们为做好工作而付出的努力的人。
• Simultaneously they summon the ability which the monster beast helps in the fighting also are cannot be belittled.
  同时他们召唤妖兽助战的能力也是不可小觑的。
• Many ground soldiers belittled the potentialities of the airplane against ground formations.
  许多陆军人员轻视飞机攻击地面部队的能力。
• Therefore, O Children of the Gods, try Them not, nor attempt to test Them, for They shall show you that he Ways of the Craft are not to be belittled or mocked.
  所以，噢，众神的孩子啊，不应当去论断祂们，不应当去试探祂们，祂们显示给你的技艺道路，不应当被轻视或嘲笑。
• 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。
• "I never missed a single deadline," Ahlrichs says," Yet every week he'd ask that same question. I felt belittled by his lack of confidence in me."
  “我从来没错过最后期限，”阿瑞克说，“而至今为止他每个星期仍问着我同样的问题。他对我这么缺乏信心让我觉得自己被轻视了。”