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小词详解 | belittle
belittle 英 [bɪˈlɪtl] 美 [bɪˈlɪtl]
But the dual narratives also belittle the past. They imply that previous lives don’t matter unless they illuminate our own.
但是这种双重叙述法对过去也有贬低作用。它暗示着过去的生活如果不对我们现在的生活有所启迪就毫无用处。
——《经济学人》When President Trump is battling a man, he tends to belittle his foe with nicknames like “Cryin’ Chuck” and “Low-energy Jeb.”
当总统特朗普和一个男人较量的时候,他倾向于用“哭鼻子的查克”、“低能量杰布”这样的绰号贬低他的对手。
——《纽约时报》
[动词] 使(某人或某事)看起来不重要
The Count de Buffon believes that nature belittles her productions on this side of the Atlantic.
布冯伯爵坚信大自然轻视她在大西洋此岸的创造物。
I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him.
我不允许任何人通过让我恨他来贬低我的灵魂。
disparage: to suggest that sb/sth is not important or valuable depreciate: to make sth seem unimportant or of no value trivialize: to make sth seem less important, serious, difficult, etc. than it really is