"lower in dignity," c. 1600, perhaps from de- "down" + mean (adj.) and modeled on debase. Indistinguishable in some uses from obsolete demean (see demeanor) which influenced it and may be its true source. Related: Demeaned; demeaning.
例文
1. I wasn 't going to demean myself by acting like a suspicious wife.
私は疑心暗鬼の妻のように自分をけなすことはしません。
2.I wouldn 't demean myself by asking for charity.
私は決して卑屈に施しを乞うことはありません。
3.Don 't demean yourself by telling such obvious lies.
このような明らかな嘘で人格を自虐してはいけない。
4.Such lier will demean you.
という嘘はあなたのアイデンティティを貶めることになります。
5.He find it demean to ask his wife to support the family.