demean 音標拼音: [dɪm'in]
vt . 貶低身分,舉止
貶低身分,舉止
demean v 1 :
reduce in worth or character ,
usually verbally ; "
She tends to put down younger women colleagues "; "
His critics took him down after the lecture " [
synonym : {
take down }, {
degrade },
{
disgrace }, {
demean }, {
put down }]
Demean \
De *
mean "\,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Demeaned };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Demeaning }.] [
OF .
demener to conduct ,
guide ,
manage ,
F .
se d ['
e ]
mener to struggle ;
pref .
d ['
e ]- (
L .
de )
mener to lead ,
drive ,
carry on ,
conduct ,
fr .
L .
minare to drive animals by threatening cries ,
fr .
minari to threaten .
See {
Menace }.]
1 .
To manage ;
to conduct ;
to treat .
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[
Our ]
clergy have with violence demeaned the matter .
--
Milton .
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2 .
To conduct ;
to behave ;
to comport ; --
followed by the reflexive pronoun .
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They have demeaned themselves Like men born to renown by life or death . --
Shak .
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They answered . . .
that they should demean themselves according to their instructions .
--
Clarendon .
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3 .
To debase ;
to lower ;
to degrade ; --
followed by the reflexive pronoun .
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Her son would demean himself by a marriage with an artist '
s daughter . --
Thackeray .
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Note :
This sense is probably due to a false etymology which regarded the word as connected with the adjective mean .
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Demean \
De *
mean "\,
n . [
OF .
demene .
See {
Demean },
v .
t .]
1 .
Management ;
treatment . [
Obs .]
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Vile demean and usage bad . --
Spenser .
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2 .
Behavior ;
conduct ;
bearing ;
demeanor . [
Obs .]
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With grave demean and solemn vanity . --
West .
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Demean \
De *
mean "\,
n . [
See {
Demesne }.]
1 .
Demesne . [
Obs .]
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2 .
pl .
Resources ;
means . [
Obs .]
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You know How narrow our demeans are . --
Massinger .
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36 Moby Thesaurus words for "
demean ":
abase ,
abash ,
acquit ,
act ,
bear ,
belittle ,
bring down ,
bring low ,
carry ,
cast down ,
comport ,
conduct ,
contemn ,
crush ,
debase ,
decry ,
degrade ,
deport ,
derogate ,
despise ,
detract ,
diminish ,
disparage ,
dump ,
dump on ,
go on ,
humiliate ,
lower ,
put down ,
quit ,
reduce ,
scorn ,
set down ,
sink ,
take down ,
trip up
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