Belittle
[bɪ'lɪt(ə)l] or [bɪ'lɪtl]
解释:
(v. t.) To make little or less in a moral sense; to speak of in a depreciatory or contemptuous way.
整理:罗德尼
解释:
v.t. to make small: to cause to appear small to depreciate or disparage.—n. Belit′tlement.—adj. Belit′tling.
手打:萨拜娜
例句:
- But you belittle ME, don't you, she returned gently, in being so sure they are the only things I care for? 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- Thus taken, the influence of heredity is opposed to that of the environment, and the efficacy of the latter belittled. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- Gudrun looked aside, feeling she was being belittled. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- The copperhead disreputable portion of the press magnified rebel successes, and belittled those of the Union army. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- It all seemed to her so false and so belittling. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
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