belittle

英 [bɪˈlɪtl]

美 [bɪˈlɪtl]

v.  贬低; 小看

现在分词：belittling　过去分词：belittled　第三人称单数：belittles　过去式：belittled　

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Collins.1 / BNC.18553 / COCA.15936

牛津词典

verb

• 贬低；小看
  to make sb or the things that sb does seem unimportant
  1. She felt her husband constantly belittled her achievements.
     她觉得她的丈夫时常贬低她的成就。

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

verb

• lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of
  1. don't belittle your colleagues
  Synonym:diminish
• express a negative opinion of
  1. She disparaged her student's efforts
  Synonym:disparagepick at
• cause to seem less serious
  1. Don't belittle his influence
  Synonym:minimizedenigratederogate

双语例句

• 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。
• It is wrong to belittle or neglect popularization.
  轻视和忽视普及工作的态度是错误的。
• Since we have to understand their special feelings of love can not have too much, nor have the time due, but to downplay and belittle love.
  因为我们要懂爱情因其特殊情感不可能拥有太多，也不因是否拥有时，而对爱进行淡化与贬低。
• There are difficulties. I mean, let's not belittle this.
  我们不应该小看这些困难。
• To make Wellington so great is to belittle England.
  把威灵顿捧得那样高便是小看了英格兰。
• I don't like comments that belittle people.
  我不喜欢贬低别人的评论。
• Your work performance will be under spotlight, she warned students. If you make a mistake, people will belittle your competency, even if you are not that incapable.
  你的工作表现将受到大家的监督，她提醒自己的学生们：如果你犯错，即使你并非无能，人们也会轻视你的能力。
• You shouldn't belittle her achievements.
  你不应该小看她的成就。
• This is not to belittle that simplicity of the idea; that's wonderful.
  不要小看这种简单的想法，它还是非常棒的。
• But "study difficulty of student" because of long-term failure, ego belittle of incline to more severity.
  而“学习困难的学生”由于长期失败，自我贬低的倾向更严重。