降低身份 meaning in English
demean: .to do something that makes people have less respect for you
Examples
- Even to unfold mrs. haffen's dirty newspaper would have seemed degrading .
甚至打开哈芬太太那肮脏的报纸包也似乎会降低身份。 - I admit that i am a spy , and that it is considered a discreditable station - though it must be filled by somebody ; but this gentleman is no spy , and why should he so demean himself as to make himself one
我承认我是个密探，而这又是大家瞧不起的行当一虽然密探总得有人做。这位先生既不是密探，又何苦降低身份去刺探别人的隐私呢。 ” - And he became royally condescending without , however , lowering his dignity before any of her advances . in fact , he let himself be caressed and taken by force , as became a man whose forgiveness is worth the trouble of winning
他装出宽宏大量的样子，但决不降低身份迁就她他任她抚摩，任她拼命求欢，他摆出一副架势，要得到他的宽恕，花点力气也是必要的。 - When he missed kuragin in turkey , prince andrey did not feel it necessary to gallop back to russia in search of him . yet in spite of all his contempt for kuragin , in spite of all the arguments by which he sought to persuade himself that kuragin was not worth his stooping to quarrel with him , he knew that whatever length of time might elapse , when he did meet him , he would be unable to help challenging him as a starving man cannot help rushing upon food
安德烈公爵在土耳其未能找到库拉金，他认为并无必要又回到俄国去跟踪他但是他知道，无论他度过多么长久的时间，只要他碰见库拉金，就非向他挑战不可，就像一个很饥饿的人必然会向食物扑将过去一样，尽管他极端藐视他，尽管他给自己寻找出千百条理由，条条理由都使他觉得他不必降低身份同他发生冲突。