Never insult, embarrass, shame, yell at or otherwise demean a person.(所以,千万不要对一个人进行侮辱、羞辱或者对其大吼,让其尴尬等。)
"I don't wish to demean you," I said to the strange boy. "however, can you explain why an important delegate like you would need to steal so many expensive chocolates for such a mission?"(“我不想贬低你,”我对这个怪里怪气的小伙子说,“但是你能解释你这么重要的人物为了完成使命需要偷那么昂贵的巧克力这件事吗?”)
Such images demean women.(这些形象有损妇女尊严。)
We did not go there so that they can demean us.(我们没有去那里,使他们能够贬低我们。)
Participants who had both status and power did not greatly demean their partners. They chose an average of 0.67 demeaning activities for those partners to perform.(同时拥有地位和权利的参与者没有让自己的搭档太过难堪,他们为其搭档选择的活动平均难堪系数只有0.67。)
Based on these concerns, the insecure manager might overexert authority, demean the high performer's contributions, or even take credit for much of the high performer's work.(基于这些考虑不安的主管可能过度使用他的权威,贬低优秀人才的贡献,甚至将他们的成果据为己有。)
He would not demean himself to a lazy worker.(他不愿降低身份当个懒工人。)
But I don't demean the fact that this is relevant to life.(但我不贬低,这与生活息息相关的事实。)
Participants who had both status and power did not greatly demean their partners.(既有地位又有权力的参与者并不会太侮辱其同伴。)
I wouldn't demean myself by asking for charity.(我决不低三下四地乞求施舍。)