demeaning

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s. causing awareness of your shortcomings

a. 降低身份的；有损人格的

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demeaning 由词根 mean（意思是“卑微、低贱”）和后缀 -ing（表示进行时或名词化）构成，整体意思是“使人感到卑微的”或“贬低的”。

例句

1. She found the comments about her appearance to be demeaning.

她觉得关于她外貌的评论很有贬低意味。

2. The manager's demeaning attitude made the employees feel unvalued.

经理的贬低态度让员工感到不被重视。

3. It is demeaning to treat anyone as if they are less important.

把任何人当作不重要的人来对待是有贬低意味的。