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Abasement is the noun for that lowering. It is the act of someone, or the state of having been brought down in pride, rank, or self-respect. You can speak of the abasement of a prisoner, or of self-abasement when a person puts themselves at someone else's feet on purpose. Like the verb, it is formal and ; daily English is more likely to say humiliation, shame, or being put down. The idea of behaving as if another person has complete power over you is one common use, especially in self-abasement. It is not a mild apology. It names a deep coming-down.
屈辱、貶抑(名詞;書面)。self-abasement 是自我貶低。
組成abase + -ment (the act or result). From Middle English, after French abaissement. The -ment ending turns the verb into a noun, as in movement from move.
同家族的字
- abasethe verb this noun is built from
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
abasementnoun/əˈbeɪs.mənt/
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The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:abasement.
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The state of being abased or humbled; humiliation or degradation; a feeling of having been reduced in dignity, reputation, stature, self-esteem or respect.
- After his actions, my abasement is complete, and I can be humiliated no more.
- He was wearing cavalry twill trousers and a buff crew-neck sweater. The effect was of symbolic abasement mixed with military resolve […]
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。