Abase
[ ə'bes ]
出国 Abroad
vt. 使谦卑;使感到羞耻;使降低（地位、身份等）;<古>降下;
n. 贬低;屈辱;贬低别人的人;
💡 词根助记
a使+base低→使自己低→降低；贬低自己
📝 例句
A man who use bad language will only abase himself
说脏话者只会自贬身分
a man who betrays a friend abase himself
背叛朋友的人是在贬低自己。
We should abase ourselves before God
我们应该在上帝面前表示谦卑。
A man who uses bad language will only abase himself.
说脏话者只会自贬身分。
refused to abase herself by asking for an invitation.
因请求得到他人的邀请被拒绝而使自己的威望降低。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ a-一,base-基层:一个在基层做事的人总是表现得卑微
※ abase-贬低,base-基础:有人贬低从事基础产业的重要性
※ 谐音“我背死”:没地位没威望没尊严,运气真是背啊→贬抑,使卑下(地位,威望尊严降低)
✅ 同义词
🔤 词根
-base-表示“中间”
📖 牛津释义
abase
v[Tn]
~ oneself/sb lower oneself/sb in dignity; degrade oneself/sb 降低自己[某人]的身分; 屈辱自己[某人].
🔁 扩展释义
*[ә'beis]vt. 降低...的地位, 降低...的品格, 贬抑, 使谦卑相关词组: to abase oneself
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He couldn't take time off to come to New York with me.
他走不开 没办法和我一起来纽约。
He who hath good health is young,and he is rich who owes nothing.
健康葆青春，无债即富有。
It took me ten minutes to persuade her to ring back later.
我用了10分钟的时间才说服她过会儿再来电话。