demean
vt. 使降低身份,使卑下
If you demean yourself, you do something which makes people have less respect for you.
I wasn't going to demean myself by acting like a suspicious wife.
我不会表现得像个疑神疑鬼的妻子一样自贬身价。
To demean someone or something means to make people have less respect for them.
Some groups say that pornography demeans women.
一些团体认为色情作品贬低了女性。
1. reduce in worth or character, usually verbally;
I wouldn't demean myself by asking for charity.
我决不低三下四地乞求施舍。
Don't demean yourself by telling such obvious lies.
你不要用这种明显的谎言自贬人格.
He felt he would demean himself if he replied to scurrilous letter.
他觉得如果他回复那封充满辱骂的信,会自贬身份.
Do you think he would demean himself by accepting a bribe?
你以为他会接受贿赂辱没自己 吗 ?
I wouldn't demean myself to ask for favours from them.
我不会降低身分向他们求情.