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。
• 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。
• You are really attacking the person and belittling them, Mr. Post says. They see you as a bully, and don't want to interact with you.
  你这样做真的是在打击和贬低别人，他们会觉得你盛气凌人，不想跟你来往。
• '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。
• Companies may be reluctant to admit their offices are anything less than pleasant, but incivility think belittling barbs or gruff responses can lead to lost productivity, creativity and talent.
  公司也许不愿承认他们的办公室里有丁点的不愉快，但是无礼的行为想想那些贬损他人的冷嘲热讽或对人粗暴生硬的回应可能会引起生产力、创造力和才华的损失。
• "Misogyny" means the sentiment or the topic of distorting and belittling the female's image, pushing all faults to the female in literature.
  厌女症是指文学中歪曲、贬低女性的形象，把一切罪过都推到女性头上的情绪或主题。
• 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。
• 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。
• Comments about your clothes, harsh words about something you said, laughing at your ideas, or belittling something you care about are all behaviors that create tension and discord.
  对你的衣着指指点点，对你说的恶言相对，讥讽你的想法，或者藐视一些你很在意的事情，这些行为都能够带来紧张的、不和谐的气氛。
• 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。