demeans
v. 使降低身份,使卑下( demean的第三人称单数 )
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。
She demeans herself by doing his dirty work.
她替他干卑鄙的勾当,贬低了自己的人格.
Your phony school demeans real colleges everywhere!
你这个冒牌学校在诋毁真正的大学!