To treat in a disrespectful or demeaning manner.

不尊重，侮辱以不尊重或有损人格的方式对待

But some of Doyle’s ideas seem demeaning and questionable

但是，劳拉·多伊尔的某些观点看起来似乎有损自尊，很成问题。

But it is also demeaning for it to stay on such a soulless and smooth plane of legalism as is the case in yours

但是，如果像你们的社会那样停留在这种没有灵魂、一成不变的平淡惯性状态也是有辱人格的。

But the writer, who bills herself in her biography as “ a feminist and former shrew,” says she nearly ruined her marriage to husband John, 44, by becoming a control freak, constantly nagging and demeaning him

但是她在传记中说自己曾是“一个女权主义者，曾经是悍妇”，一个有控制欲的怪人，没完没了的唠叨找岔，贬低丈夫，几乎葬送她与44岁的丈夫约翰的婚姻。

The difficulty comes in asking adults to unlearn, or become children again. An intelligent adult often feels it is demeaning to pay attention to simplistic definitions.

难点就在于很难要求这些成年人放弃已有的观念,变得像孩子一样简单。高学识的成年人往往觉得研究这么一个简单的概念大没面子了。

He found it demeaning to ask his wife to support the family.

他觉得让妻子来养家糊口有损他的面子。

He found it very demeaning to have to work for his former employee.

他觉得要为他以前的雇员工作很失身分.

In order to escape that demeaning ridicule and reclaim my dignity, I decided to run for Vice President “the USA

为了逃避那些有损形象的嘲弄和维护自己的尊严，我决定竞选美国副总统。

To refrain from the use of abusive, demeaning or humiliating language and opinions in oral or written communication with attorneys, parties, and witnesses.

在与律师、当事人以及证人的口头或书面交流中避免辱骂性的、贬损性的或羞辱性的语言或意见.

In the process, each stalemated the other while demeaning itself

在这个过程中，每一方都将了对方的军，但同时却降低了自己的身价。

||1: Participants who had both status and power did not greatly demean their partners. They chose an average of 0.67 demeaning activities for those partners to perform. ||2: Low- power/low-status and low-power/high-status participants behaved similarly. They chose, on average, 0.67 and 0.85 demeaning activities. ||3: However, participants who were low in status but high in power-the classic “little Hitler” combination-chose an average of 1.12 deeply demeaning tasks for their partners to engage in. ||4: That was a highly statistically significant distinction.

||1:那些位高权重的测试对象对都不会特别刁难他们的对手，他们让对方所做的动作平均贬抑值为0.67。||2:权轻位卑和权轻位高的测试对象所选的动作都差不多，他们所选的行动的贬抑平均值分别是0.67和0.85。||3:但是，那些位身份卑微但手握重权的测试对象－即典型的“小希特勒”的组合体－为他们的对手选择要完成的动作贬抑平均值高达1.12。||4:这是数字统计上的明显区别。

||1: Participants were then presented with a list of ten hoops and told to select as many as they liked (but a minimum of one) for their partner to jump through. ||2: Unknown to the participants, Dr Halevy and Dr Galinsky had conducted an independent test, using 58 people not involved in the main study, to rate how demeaning , humiliating, degrading, embarrassing and uncomfortable each of the ten possible activities actually was. ||3: Five of the ten were rated as deeply demeaning . These included things like: “say ‘I am filthy’ five times” and “bark like a dog three times”. ||4: The other five were not considered particularly demeaning . They included: “tell the experimenter a funny joke” and “clap your hands 50 times”.

||1:之后，测试对象们收到一个代表10个“障碍”的列表，要他们说出他们选了几个（至少选1个）“障碍”给他们的评判对象必须翻越的。||2: 测试对象所不知道的是， Dr Halevy and Dr Galinsky 对另外没有参加上述实验的58个人进行了一项独立的测试，即，对这10项行为的贬抑、羞辱、跌份、尴尬、和难受的程度进行打分。 ||3:10项中有5项被评判为极其贬抑，比如像“说5遍‘我是肮脏的’”和“学狗叫3次”。||4:其它5项不被认为是特别的丢脸，包括“讲一个笑话给对方”和“拍手50次”。

“Bernard thought it was demeaning to have his name on a tea towel, so he used Laura’s instead, ” Wood said.

“伯纳德觉得把自己的名字印在餐巾纸上很降低身份，所以他用劳拉的名字做替代。”伍德说到。

be afflicted with a demeaning nickname

被刻薄的绰号弄得心乱如麻，

Besides, the chore of gathering data for someone else can feel demeaning , even counterproductive.

除此之外，为其他人收集数据的杂活会让人觉得贬低身份，甚至起反作用。

The first option has its logic: why let a repressive, demeaning system modernise itself slowly?

第一种选择有着其道理：为什么让一个压抑、堕落的体系拖慢了其现代化进程？

Even worse, a job hunt is often a demeaning process. The rejection can leave you demoralized.

更糟糕地是，求职经常成为了一个带有贬低的过程。

Even worse, a job hunt is often a demeaning process.

更糟糕地是，求职经常会成为一个贬低的过程。

The tendency among Washington policymakers is to lump Afghanistan and Pakistan together as Afpak, a designation Pakistanis find demeaning .

华盛顿决策者们的倾向是将阿富汗和巴基斯坦揉成一块即“Afpak”，光指出巴基斯坦是有失身份的。

There’s no evidence that belittling or demeaning children in an insulting way is good for them.

没有任何证据显示，通过辱骂的方式贬低或是诋毁孩子，会对他们有好处。

Guys tend to let the confidence of a one-night stand inflate their egos, sometimes in a demeaning way.

男人通常因为一夜情带来的自信而自我膨胀，有时会甚至会伤害到对方。

You might get dumped, divorced, or fired, make a fool ofyourselfin public, be afflicted with a demeaning nickname,

你或许被人抛弃、离了婚，或是被开除，当众出丑，被刻薄的绰号弄得心乱如麻，

He found it demeaning to ask his wife to support the family.

他觉得让妻子来养家餬口有损他的面子。

This remains a waste of important resources and is frankly demeaning to older people.

这是对重要资源的浪费，而且是在公然贬低长者。

She’s an athlete too, we train her like a horse. . . what’s so demeaning about that?

中国小姐也是一个运动员，我们像训练马一样训练她。这有什么侮辱人格的？

He has to perform endless, strange and often demeaning tasks for the show’s demanding hosts.

主持人总是要求他扮演一些稀奇古怪的角色，常常带有自我贬损性质。