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abase oneself
He abased himself before the king.
他在国王面前贬低自己。
贬抑；使谦卑；降低…的地位
abases — third person singular of abase
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贬抑；使谦卑；降低…的地位
lower in rank or dignity; cause to feel shame
He abased himself before the king.
他在国王面前贬低自己。
降低地位、职位、等级等,以致引起痛苦或伤害感情；贬低,压抑,使谦卑,使羞辱
To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate.
abase
Base
原形
abases
3rd person
第三人称单数
abasing
-ing
现在分词
abased
Past
过去式
abased
Past participle
过去分词
He abases himself before the king.
他在国王面前贬低自己。
规则变化，加-ed
She refused to abase herself to please her boss.
她拒绝为了讨好老板而贬低自己。
The supervisor publicly abased the new intern for a minor mistake.
主管因为一个小错误当众贬低了新来的实习生。
It's wrong to abase others just to make yourself feel superior.
仅仅为了让自己感觉优越而贬低他人是错误的。
He abased himself before the king.
他在国王面前贬低自己。
Don't abase your colleagues.
不要贬低你的同事。
She felt abased by the criticism.
她因批评而感到被贬低。
Not this
He abased in front of his boss.
Use this
He abased himself in front of his boss.
abase是及物动词，必须接宾语，常用反身代词oneself表示“使自己谦卑”。
Not this
The scandal abased the value of the company.
Use this
The scandal debased the value of the company.
abase侧重于降低人的尊严或品格，debase才用于降低价值或质量。
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