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

• 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。
• The press gave the by-election no publicity and belittled its significance.
  新闻界对这次补选未加宣传。小看了它的重要性。
• 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。
• Meanwhile, more serious European newspapers and wire services belittled the talent search.
  与此同时，欧洲一些比较严肃的媒体对这次试训表现得很不屑。
• Though she had spent hours fixing the computer he belittled her efforts, dismissing it as "basic mechanics".
  虽然她花了几小时修理电脑，他却无视她的努力，斥之为“雕虫小技”。
• 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。
• "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。”
• One party of debate think the folk form is the centre source of the national style and belittled the May Fourth Movement; Though another party disagree with this view, they have already rewritten the May Fourth Movement.
  论战一方认为民间形式是民族形式的中心源泉，从而去贬低五四；另一方虽然不同意此观点，但是已经对五四进行了改写。
• I find it belittled to be criticized by someone so much younger than me
  有个比我年轻许多的人批评了我，我觉得是小看了我
• 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。