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

• 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”。
• I have never been praised nor belittled; I am below no one.
  我不曾被称赞或被轻视，我不在任何人之下。
• Being so young, he is belittled by others in the beginning, which actually gives him a better chance to be the black horse.
  因为他年纪小，别人开始都不把他放在眼里，所以他才有机会成为黑马。
• And still he is challenged, and still his goodness is spurned, and still his wisdom is belittled, and still there are attempts to usurp his authority.
  仍旧有人挑战他，仍旧有人拒绝他的仁慈，仍旧有人轻视他的智慧，仍旧有人企图盗用他的授权。
• 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。
• Belittled life results from belittled laws.
  法律轻，所以人命轻。
• Christian fiction too, long belittled as either low-quality dross or frivolous and a waste of time, is enjoying a boom that has been linked by some to George W.Bush's presidency.
  基督教小说类图书的销量也大幅攀升，这与美国总统布什的就职有一定关系。长期以来，基督教小说一直被认为是质量不高且无聊乏味，读起来根本就是浪费时间。
• Meanwhile, more serious European newspapers and wire services belittled the talent search.
  与此同时，欧洲一些比较严肃的媒体对这次试训表现得很不屑。
• Simultaneously they summon the ability which the monster beast helps in the fighting also are cannot be belittled.
  同时他们召唤妖兽助战的能力也是不可小觑的。
• 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。