Demeaning describes a thing — a joke, a job, a rule, a look — that treats someone as less than they deserve. It shows too little respect, or it makes the person feel small, silly, or ashamed.

Demeaning describes a thingdemeaning（貶低人的）形容的是一件事——a joke, a job, a rule, a look一個玩笑、一份工作、一條規定、一個眼神——that treats someone as less than they deserve把某人看得比他應得的還要低。It shows too little respect它表現出來的尊重不夠，or it makes the person feel small, silly, or ashamed或是讓人覺得自己很渺小、很可笑、很丟臉。

A demeaning comment is not only rude; it pushes the person down. People also call work demeaning when the work itself seems to say “you are not worth much,” even if nobody shouted.

A demeaning comment is not only rude一句demeaning的話不只是沒禮貌；it pushes the person down它會把人往下踩。People also call work demeaning人們也會說一份工作是demeaning的，when the work itself seems to say “you are not worth much,”當這份工作本身彷彿在說「你不值多少」，even if nobody shouted就算沒有人真的吼出來。

It is the everyday adjective from the verb demean.

It is the everyday adjective from the verb demean它是動詞demean的日常形容詞形式。

You will hear it at work, in the news, and when people talk about fairness: “That is demeaning.” It is stronger than “not nice.” It can describe how something feels to the person on the receiving end, not only what the speaker meant.

You will hear it at work, in the news, and when people talk about fairness你會在職場、新聞裡，還有人們談公平的時候聽到它：“That is demeaning.”「That is demeaning（那樣很貶低人）。」It is stronger than “not nice.”它的語氣比「not nice（不太好）」更重。It can describe how something feels to the person on the receiving end它可以描述承受這件事的人感受如何，not only what the speaker meant而不只是說話者原本的意思。