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

You belittle my faith, you call me a midget.
你小看我，你称我做侏儒。
I am not meant to degrade or belittle any sight or fact but that were what presented to me.
我无有意或恶意歧视或“酸小”的企图，但这些就是呈现在我眼前的台湾视与物。
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。
Do not belittle what he has achieved.
不能小看他取得的成绩。
If you want to belittle the results to come out a particular survey, one way of doing this is that saying the people who are putting this survey is biased.
如果你想轻视结果，从这个特别的调查中，一种方式是，说做这个调查的人都有偏见。
Only those above me can praise or belittle me.
惟凌驾于我者，得称赞或轻蔑我。
So dont belittle yourself or anyone else. Everybody is fighting their own unique war.
所以，不要轻视你自己或者他人。每个人都有自己要去应对的战争。
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。
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。
Parents always are careful about their children's immolation-esteem; they try not to insult or belittle their kids.
父母常常留心他们孩子的自尊心；他们不欺负或小看他们的小孩。