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

• Others, still smarting from years of belittling messages, will unconsciously tend to mirror others in the same way out of pattern repetition or to perpetuate a destructive pecking order.
  其它人，仍然在感受着多年的被缩小的刺痛，将会无意识地以同样的方式，出于重复的模式来镜射他人，或者重复地持久地使用破坏性的顺序。
• Under the direct influence of the Chinese traditional values which attach importance to interpersonal relation, but despise relation between man and nature, the characteristics of the traditional educational values are: thinking highly of the tool value of education but belittling its inherent value;
  在重视人与人之间的关系、轻视人与自然之间关系的中国传统价值观的直接影响下，传统的中国教育价值观具有如下特点：重视教育的工具价值，轻视其内在价值；
• 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。
• Misleadings: opposition between Classical Chinese and Vernacular, negating classicism, opposing the applying of allusion and antithesis, belittling Chinese Language and Characters more totally.
  误导：文白对立，否定古典，反对用典和对仗，更全面贬低中国语言文字。
• 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。
• 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。
• This plan has also many shortcomings and limitations such as the prominent national defense industry, the policy belittling basic research, more cost paid by the agriculture pays and so on.
  这次科技规划在取得巨大成功的同时，也有突出国防重工业、轻视基础研究、农业付出沉重代价等局限性。
• Rao argues against an "inbred academic system", while Cui accuses him of" belittling plant anatomy ".
  饶毅反对“一种世袭的学术系统”，而崔克明指控他“贬低植物形态解剖学”。
• 'Professionals call it elderspeak, the sweetly belittling form of address that has always rankled older people,'the article says.
  文章中说，这种甜蜜但带有贬低色彩的称呼形式总会让年长的人感到恼怒。
• 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。