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
abasing — present participle of abase
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；降低...的地位；降低...的品格
lower in rank or dignity; cause to feel shame
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.
一般现在时
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。
用法提示：动词原形，后接反身代词 herself，表示自我贬抑的及物用法。
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。
用法提示：过去式，及物动词，接宾语 the new intern，表示贬低他人的地位。
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。
用法提示：不定式短语作主语，动词原形，带宾语 others，表达贬抑之意。
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。
grammar · medium
易错句子He abased in front of his boss.
正确表达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”。
grammar · medium
易错句子The scandal abased the value of the company.
正确表达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。
debase侧重降低价值或质量，而abase侧重降低地位或尊严。
abash强调突然的尴尬，常与被动结构连用；abase则更主动地使人谦卑或降低身份。
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