demeans
v. 使降低身份,使卑下( demean的第三人稱單數 )
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.
我不會表現得像個疑神疑鬼的妻子一樣自貶身價。
To demean someone or something means to make people have less respect for them.
Some groups say that pornography demeans women.
一些團體認為色情作品貶低了女性。
She demeans herself by doing his dirty work.
她替他幹卑鄙的勾當,貶低了自己的人格.
Your phony school demeans real colleges everywhere!
你這個冒牌學校在詆譭真正的大學!