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

• The Whigs may attempt to belittle our candidates. That is a favorite game of theirs.
  辉格党人可能会试图贬低我们的候选人。这是他们最拿手的把戏。
• I don't like comments that belittle people.
  我不喜欢贬低别人的评论。
• There are difficulties. I mean, let's not belittle this.
  我们不应该小看这些困难。
• And as I say, I don't in any way want to belittle the central badness of that.
  我说过我并不想贬低其主要坏处。
• Do not belittle what he has achieved.
  不能小看他取得的成绩。
• 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。
• 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。
• You belittle my faith, you call me a midget.
  你小看我，你称我做侏儒。
• 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。
• 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。