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单词 abasement
释义
abasement
noun[U]
uk
/əˈbeɪs.mənt/us
/əˈbeɪs.mənt/
theactofcausingsomeone toseemas if theydeservenorespectand have nopowerorimportance:
Thesechildrenwereabandonedto alifeofdegradationand abasement.
He isobsessedwith the abasement of those heperceivesas hisenemies.
Related word
abase
See also
self-abasement
More examples
  • Thepoliticianhas had toendureayearof abasement.
  • Theytalkabout thepersonalabasement thatfollowsfromsexualimmorality.
  • He said that the abasement ofintellectualstoSovietCommunismdisgustedhim.
  • Theytriedtochangehismindbymethodsrangingfromfriendlypersuasiontogrovellingabasement.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Humiliating and degrading
  • abase
  • be under a cloudidiom
  • bring/takesomeonedown a peg (or two)idiom
  • bruisesomeone'segoidiom
  • cutsomeonedown to sizeidiom
  • debase
  • deflate
  • dishonour
  • dishonourable
  • doghouse
  • exhibition
  • fall from graceidiom
  • ignominiously
  • ignominy
  • in the doghouseidiom
  • indignity
  • knocksomeoneofftheirpedestalidiom
  • stoop
  • stoop tosomething
  • undignified
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(Definition ofabasementfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
abasement
noun[U]
uk
/əˈbeɪs.mənt/us
/əˈbeɪs.mənt/
theactof making someoneseemlessimportantor lessdeservingofrespect
羞辱，贬低
Slaves weresubjectto alifeofdegradationand abasement.奴隶们过着堕落和屈辱的生活。
Thepilgrimskneltinself-abasement.朝圣者自卑地跪下。
See
abase
More examples
  • He isobsessedwith the abasement of all hisperceivedenemies.
  • Thepoliticianhas had toendureayearof abasement.
  • Theytalkabout thepersonalabasement thatflowsfromsexualimmorality.

Examplesofabasement

abasement
Thisabasementis but the prelude to a further, more glorious transfiguration.
From theCambridge English Corpus
We certainly do not want to see anabasementof the wages.
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You persist, then, in continuing to employ these terms of servility andabasement.
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We should suffer certain moralabasement.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Any failure in this central business involved a monstrousabasement, and against that our poor souls sought blindly for the most extravagant consolations.
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The phrase is not a great claim; neither, however, is it an example ofabasementbefore the shrine of antiquity.
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Common elements in absurdist fiction include satire, dark humour, incongruity, theabasementof reason, and controversy regarding the philosophical condition of being nothing.
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