belittled

英 [bɪˈlɪtld]

美 [bɪˈlɪtld]

v.  贬低; 小看
belittle的过去分词和过去式

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

adj

• made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth)
  1. her comments made me feel small
  Synonym:diminishedsmall

双语例句

• The abilities others may have should not be belittled or scorned.
  别人若是有才能，不要轻易地诽谤批评。
• Compared with Morning Flowers, Collected in the Evening, Wu Chang, another essay collection by Lu Xun, has always been belittled by researchers, because of its unusual writing style.
  《无常》因其与《朝花夕拾》格格不入的杂文化风格常常被研究者简单化处理。
• Though she had spent hours fixing the computer he belittled her efforts, dismissing it as "basic mechanics".
  虽然她花了几小时修理电脑，他却无视她的努力，斥之为“雕虫小技”。
• The value of traditional Sinology is seriously belittled under the various attacks at home and abroad.
  摘要国学的价值、在内外各种势力的攻击之下，被严重地贬低了。
• The press gave the by-election no publicity and belittled its significance.
  新闻界对这次补选未加宣传。小看了它的重要性。
• Belittled by critics, and facing the prospect of default, he was under intense pressure to sign a deal.
  面对批评人士的贬低和债务违约的可能，他承受着达成协议的巨大压力。
• Belittled life results from belittled laws.
  法律轻，所以人命轻。
• Though the church's attitudes towards women were uniform overall, in the Middle Ages emphasizing asceticism, the church still vigorously preached the evils of women, strongly belittled their status and emphasized the dependence and obedience of women on men.
  虽然教会女性观总体上并不统一，但在强调禁欲主义的中世纪，教会大肆宣扬妇女的罪恶，极力贬低她们的地位，强调女性对男性的依附和顺从。
• In the modern society, the protective and improvable function of the Landscape architecture for people's physical and moral health may not be belittled.
  现代社会中，园林景观对于人们身心健康的保护与改善作用更不可小觑。
• A poor but honest man is not to be belittled.
  穷而诚实的人是不该让人小看的。