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

• 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。
• It is wrong to belittle or neglect popularization.
  轻视和忽视普及工作的态度是错误的。
• Only those above me can praise or belittle me.
  惟凌驾于我者，得称赞或轻蔑我。
• You belittle my faith, you call me a midget.
  你小看我，你称我做侏儒。
• I don't meant to belittle my colleagues efforts.
  我无意轻视我同事们的努力。
• Therefore, it is wrong to belittle armed struggle, revolutionary war, guerrilla war and army work.
  因此，那种轻视武装斗争，轻视革命战争，轻视游击战争，轻视军队工作的观点，是不正确的。
• 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。
• Already, both sides are jockeying to belittle the other side.
  双方已经在使出浑身解数贬低对方了。
• You shouldn't belittle her achievements.
  你不应该小看她的成就。
• It is the best of a cumbersome process, and it is the worst shame and belittle it.
  最好它是一个繁琐的过程，并且在它最坏它是羞愧和贬低。