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belittle

/bih-lit-l/US // bɪˈlɪt l //UK // (bɪˈlɪtəl) //

轻视,贬低,蔑视,看轻

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    be·lit·tled, be·lit·tling.

    • : to regard or portray as less impressive or important than appearances indicate; depreciate; disparage.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbdetract
Forms: belittled, belittles, belittling
Synonyms
criticize批评,批判,指责,说三道四decry问罪,声讨,质询,质问deride嘲笑,揶揄,贬损,贬低discredit诋毁,抹黑,诋毁名誉,诋毁他人disparage贬低,诋毁,贬损,贬低他人downplay淡化,轻描淡写,淡化影响,贬低scorn蔑视,轻视,不屑一顾,看不起squelch静音,静噪,压制,压抑underestimate低估,低估了,低估计,轻视blister水泡,疱疹,起泡,起泡剂deprecate弃用,废止,废弃的,删减depreciate贬值,贬低,折旧,贬值的derogate减损,克减,贬低,减损了diminish减弱,贬低,减轻,削弱discount折扣,贴现,打折,折价downgrade降级,降格,下调,下降knock敲,敲门,敲门声,敲击lower较低的,较低,低层,低级minimize减少pan平底锅,盘子,盘点,锅rip撕裂,裂缝,撕开,撕毁roast烘烤,焙烧,烘焙,焙烤scorch灼烧,烧焦,灼热,灼伤slam猛击,抨击,猛烈抨击,猛烈撞击smear涂抹,涂片,敷衍了事,抹黑squash壁球,压扁,压扁机,压碎underrate低估,低评,低价,贬低undervalue估价过低,低估,低估了,价值低估bad-mouth糟糕的口碑,恶口,烂嘴,糟粕cut down to size削足适履,缩减规模,缩减尺寸,缩减大小cut to the quick快刀斩乱麻,一针见血,一刀切,斩钉截铁地说dispraise嘲笑dump on倾倒在,倾销,倾泻而下,倾泻在pooh pooh呸呸呸,维尼熊,呸呸呸呸poor mouth贫嘴,可怜的嘴,贫乏的嘴,贫民窟put down撂倒,放下,撂下,撂倒了run down奔溃,坠落,奔溃的,流失scoff at嗤之以鼻,嘲笑,嘲讽,嗤笑shoot down击落,击落了,击倒,击坠shoot full of holes漏洞百出,无孔不入,漏洞百出的射击,百密一疏sneer at嘲讽,嘲讽讽刺,嗤笑,讥笑sour grapes酸葡萄,吃不到葡萄说葡萄酸,酸性葡萄,吃不到葡萄的人take a swipe at抗议,抗争,抗衡,数落take down记下,拿下,记下了,取下take down a peg卸任,卸磨杀驴,摘下帽子,摘下眼镜tear down拆毁,拆除,拆掉,拆迁write off注销,核销,销账,销帐

Examples

  • That would be quite a flex for a guy the world watched drop to the end of the first round on draft day and who was then forced to sit for three years behind an insecure superstar who belittled and disrespected him when he wasn’t ignoring him.

  • Male servers were favored over women, who were belittled in front of guests and not given prime tables, the probe found.

  • While capable of great charm and generosity, he often seemed to undercut himself with a confrontational, gruff and belittling manner that many found offensive.

  • Q believers see themselves as soldiers fighting for the ultimate cause—and are surrounded by people who validate them, rather than insult or belittle them, or try to fact-check them out of what they think is real.

  • Supervisors curse them out and belittle and bully them, they say.

  • And he is probably right to belittle the current round of talks.

  • Hand it off to a hen-pecked husband or a put-upon assistant and it can demean or belittle.

  • Yet, Western intelligence tends to belittle them as a bunch of bluffers.

  • The Fox News host seemed to belittle Laura Ingraham during an on-air clash about same-sex marriage.

  • This is not a time to complain about or belittle this shift, or, as with Kotkin, to pretend that it is not even taking place.

  • She was very woman, and the look of the thing was not nice to her eyes, while it must belittle her in theirs.

  • This is supposed to refer to an altercation between these two gods, in which they tried to belittle each other.

  • The man who shuns realities because they belittle him is on the wrong road; he is hopelessly lost from the beginning.

  • When they have won the praise of men, pride leads them on to belittle the work of other men and to applaud their own.

  • Weve278 been thundered at, frightened, cursed, and every agency has united to belittle us in our own eyes.