demean

大学 FREQ #41646

vt. 贬低身分, 贬损

发音

UK /dɪˈmiːn/
其它 /ˌdiːˈmiːn/

词形变化

demeans 复数 demeans 三单 demeaning 现在分词 demeaned 过去式 demeaned 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Management; treatment.

    废旧 及物 不可数
  2. 2.

    Behavior; conduct; bearing; demeanor.

    废旧 及物 不可数

    with grave demean and solemn vanity

  3. 1.

    demesne.

    及物
  4. 2.

    resources; means.

    及物
v.
  1. 1.

    To debase; to lower; to degrade.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To humble; to humiliate.

    及物
  3. 3.

    To mortify.

    及物
  4. 1.

    To manage; to conduct; to treat.

    废旧 及物
  5. 2.

    To conduct; to behave; to comport; followed by the reflexive pronoun.

    古体 及物
  6. 1.

    To subtract the mean from (a value, or every observation in a data set).

    及物 数学

词汇关系

动词

同义词 4

disgrace degrade put down take down

上位词 5

humble humiliate mortify abase chagrin

下位词 3

reduce dehumanize dehumanise

词源

From Middle English demenen, demeinen, from Anglo-Norman demener, from Old French demener, from de- + mener (“to conduct, lead”), from Latin mināre, from minārī (“to threaten”).

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