Definition of abase in English:

abase

verb əˈbeɪsəˈbeɪs

[with object]usually abase oneself

Behave in a way that belittles or degrades (someone)
使屈辱；使降低身份
I watched my colleagues abasing themselves before the board of trustees
我看着同事们在理事会面前卑躬屈膝。
Example sentencesExamples
- They find a secret delight in abasing themselves before men of violence.
- No, Cyril, you need not kneel and abase yourself.
- Countless bank executives have abased themselves at her feet.
- Their president abased himself with ritual abject apologies.
- Come fall, the rich and the powerful abase themselves for a seat in the owner's box.
- One begins to wonder perversely whether the artist will soon utterly abase herself before our eyes.
- How these gestures will be interpreted by the electorate is not clear, but it is clear that they will do anything, even abase themselves in public, to gain power.
- And please let me, or any other liberal, know if there is anything else we can do to abase ourselves.
- I abased myself in such a way that it makes me cringe to even remember it.
- The more politics abases itself before the values of TV entertainment, the less it represents the real political process.
- But my brother abased himself intellectually the same way they all did.
- How easily an ancient civilization can be made to abase itself completely.
- When Fosca abases herself in front of the hero crying, ‘one loves a dog, an animal ‘she is both using emotional blackmail and exposing her raw passion.’
- It's an icky daddy-daughter comedy featuring character actors abasing themselves horribly for the money.
- Heand his lawyers will need to seriously abase themselves before the Committee if he's going to escape a similar fate.
- Eleven million people took to the streets last weekend to show their solidarity in the face of terror, and two days later voted to abase themselves before it.
- She recently remarked that the adoption of foreign accents ‘for jobs in call centres shows how easily an ancient civilisation can be made to abase itself completely’.
- Generally, those of the lower orders abased themselves through prostration in front of those who outranked them.
- Thus he enters the dining room ready to abase himself because he disdains everyone else.
- Some protest that this affirmation comes at a cost: you cannot receive it unless you first abase yourself as a hopeless and helpless sinner in need of redemption.
Synonyms
humble, humiliate, belittle, demean, lower, degrade, disgrace, disparage, debase, cheapen, discredit, mortify, bring low, demote, reduce
grovel, kowtow, bow and scrape, toady, fawn
informal crawl, suck up to someone, lick someone's boots

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French abaissier, from a- (from Latin ad 'to, at') + baissier 'to lower', based on late Latin bassus 'short of stature'. The spelling has been influenced by base².

base from Middle English:
There are two different words spelled as ‘base’ in English. The old-fashioned one meaning ‘low, ignoble’ comes from Latin bassus ‘short’, also the source of to abase (Late Middle English). The low musical bass (Late Middle English) and the bassoon (early 18th century) come from the same source. The other base comes, along with basis (late 16th century) and basic (mid 19th century), via Latin from Greek basis, which meant ‘step’ and ‘pedestal’. Its first English meaning was ‘the pedestal of a statue’. Basement (mid 18th century) probably comes via archaic Dutch basement ‘foundation’, from Italian basamento ‘base of a column’, from basis.
Although baseball is primarily an American game the earliest recorded use of the word is actually from Jane Austen in Northanger Abbey: ‘It was not very wonderful that Catherine…should prefer cricket, base ball…to books.’ Phrases drawn from the US game are familiar elsewhere. A notable example is to touch base, ‘to briefly make or renew contact with something or somebody’. Other phrases using base include to get to first base, ‘to achieve the first step towards your objective’, and off base, ‘mistaken’, though these are still primarily American. See also bat

Rhymes

ace, apace, backspace, base, bass, brace, case, chase, dace, efface, embrace, encase, enchase, enlace, face, grace, interlace, interspace, in-your-face, lace, mace, misplace, outface, outpace, pace, place, plaice, race, space, Thrace, trace, upper case

Definition of abase in US English:

abase

verbəˈbāsəˈbeɪs

[with object]usually abase oneself

Behave in a way that belittles or degrades (someone)
使屈辱；使降低身份
I watched my colleagues abasing themselves before the board of trustees
我看着同事们在理事会面前卑躬屈膝。
Example sentencesExamples
- Thus he enters the dining room ready to abase himself because he disdains everyone else.
- She recently remarked that the adoption of foreign accents ‘for jobs in call centres shows how easily an ancient civilisation can be made to abase itself completely’.
- How these gestures will be interpreted by the electorate is not clear, but it is clear that they will do anything, even abase themselves in public, to gain power.
- One begins to wonder perversely whether the artist will soon utterly abase herself before our eyes.
- They find a secret delight in abasing themselves before men of violence.
- But my brother abased himself intellectually the same way they all did.
- Countless bank executives have abased themselves at her feet.
- How easily an ancient civilization can be made to abase itself completely.
- The more politics abases itself before the values of TV entertainment, the less it represents the real political process.
- And please let me, or any other liberal, know if there is anything else we can do to abase ourselves.
- Their president abased himself with ritual abject apologies.
- Eleven million people took to the streets last weekend to show their solidarity in the face of terror, and two days later voted to abase themselves before it.
- Come fall, the rich and the powerful abase themselves for a seat in the owner's box.
- I abased myself in such a way that it makes me cringe to even remember it.
- When Fosca abases herself in front of the hero crying, ‘one loves a dog, an animal ‘she is both using emotional blackmail and exposing her raw passion.’
- No, Cyril, you need not kneel and abase yourself.
- Heand his lawyers will need to seriously abase themselves before the Committee if he's going to escape a similar fate.
- Generally, those of the lower orders abased themselves through prostration in front of those who outranked them.
- Some protest that this affirmation comes at a cost: you cannot receive it unless you first abase yourself as a hopeless and helpless sinner in need of redemption.
- It's an icky daddy-daughter comedy featuring character actors abasing themselves horribly for the money.
Synonyms
humble, humiliate, belittle, demean, lower, degrade, disgrace, disparage, debase, cheapen, discredit, mortify, bring low, demote, reduce

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French abaissier, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at’) + baissier ‘to lower’, based on late Latin bassus ‘short of stature’. The spelling has been influenced by base.

词汇	abase
释义	Definition of abase in English: abase verb əˈbeɪsəˈbeɪs [with object]usually abase oneself Behave in a way that belittles or degrades (someone) 使屈辱；使降低身份 I watched my colleagues abasing themselves before the board of trustees 我看着同事们在理事会面前卑躬屈膝。 Example sentencesExamples They find a secret delight in abasing themselves before men of violence. No, Cyril, you need not kneel and abase yourself. Countless bank executives have abased themselves at her feet. Their president abased himself with ritual abject apologies. Come fall, the rich and the powerful abase themselves for a seat in the owner's box. One begins to wonder perversely whether the artist will soon utterly abase herself before our eyes. How these gestures will be interpreted by the electorate is not clear, but it is clear that they will do anything, even abase themselves in public, to gain power. And please let me, or any other liberal, know if there is anything else we can do to abase ourselves. I abased myself in such a way that it makes me cringe to even remember it. The more politics abases itself before the values of TV entertainment, the less it represents the real political process. But my brother abased himself intellectually the same way they all did. How easily an ancient civilization can be made to abase itself completely. When Fosca abases herself in front of the hero crying, ‘one loves a dog, an animal ‘she is both using emotional blackmail and exposing her raw passion.’ It's an icky daddy-daughter comedy featuring character actors abasing themselves horribly for the money. Heand his lawyers will need to seriously abase themselves before the Committee if he's going to escape a similar fate. Eleven million people took to the streets last weekend to show their solidarity in the face of terror, and two days later voted to abase themselves before it. She recently remarked that the adoption of foreign accents ‘for jobs in call centres shows how easily an ancient civilisation can be made to abase itself completely’. Generally, those of the lower orders abased themselves through prostration in front of those who outranked them. Thus he enters the dining room ready to abase himself because he disdains everyone else. Some protest that this affirmation comes at a cost: you cannot receive it unless you first abase yourself as a hopeless and helpless sinner in need of redemption. Synonyms humble, humiliate, belittle, demean, lower, degrade, disgrace, disparage, debase, cheapen, discredit, mortify, bring low, demote, reduce grovel, kowtow, bow and scrape, toady, fawn informal crawl, suck up to someone, lick someone's boots Origin Late Middle English: from Old French abaissier, from a- (from Latin ad 'to, at') + baissier 'to lower', based on late Latin bassus 'short of stature'. The spelling has been influenced by base². base from Middle English: There are two different words spelled as ‘base’ in English. The old-fashioned one meaning ‘low, ignoble’ comes from Latin bassus ‘short’, also the source of to abase (Late Middle English). The low musical bass (Late Middle English) and the bassoon (early 18th century) come from the same source. The other base comes, along with basis (late 16th century) and basic (mid 19th century), via Latin from Greek basis, which meant ‘step’ and ‘pedestal’. Its first English meaning was ‘the pedestal of a statue’. Basement (mid 18th century) probably comes via archaic Dutch basement ‘foundation’, from Italian basamento ‘base of a column’, from basis. Although baseball is primarily an American game the earliest recorded use of the word is actually from Jane Austen in Northanger Abbey: ‘It was not very wonderful that Catherine…should prefer cricket, base ball…to books.’ Phrases drawn from the US game are familiar elsewhere. A notable example is to touch base, ‘to briefly make or renew contact with something or somebody’. Other phrases using base include to get to first base, ‘to achieve the first step towards your objective’, and off base, ‘mistaken’, though these are still primarily American. See also bat Rhymes ace, apace, backspace, base, bass, brace, case, chase, dace, efface, embrace, encase, enchase, enlace, face, grace, interlace, interspace, in-your-face, lace, mace, misplace, outface, outpace, pace, place, plaice, race, space, Thrace, trace, upper case Definition of abase in US English: abase verbəˈbāsəˈbeɪs [with object]usually abase oneself Behave in a way that belittles or degrades (someone) 使屈辱；使降低身份 I watched my colleagues abasing themselves before the board of trustees 我看着同事们在理事会面前卑躬屈膝。 Example sentencesExamples Thus he enters the dining room ready to abase himself because he disdains everyone else. She recently remarked that the adoption of foreign accents ‘for jobs in call centres shows how easily an ancient civilisation can be made to abase itself completely’. How these gestures will be interpreted by the electorate is not clear, but it is clear that they will do anything, even abase themselves in public, to gain power. One begins to wonder perversely whether the artist will soon utterly abase herself before our eyes. They find a secret delight in abasing themselves before men of violence. But my brother abased himself intellectually the same way they all did. Countless bank executives have abased themselves at her feet. How easily an ancient civilization can be made to abase itself completely. The more politics abases itself before the values of TV entertainment, the less it represents the real political process. And please let me, or any other liberal, know if there is anything else we can do to abase ourselves. Their president abased himself with ritual abject apologies. Eleven million people took to the streets last weekend to show their solidarity in the face of terror, and two days later voted to abase themselves before it. Come fall, the rich and the powerful abase themselves for a seat in the owner's box. I abased myself in such a way that it makes me cringe to even remember it. When Fosca abases herself in front of the hero crying, ‘one loves a dog, an animal ‘she is both using emotional blackmail and exposing her raw passion.’ No, Cyril, you need not kneel and abase yourself. Heand his lawyers will need to seriously abase themselves before the Committee if he's going to escape a similar fate. Generally, those of the lower orders abased themselves through prostration in front of those who outranked them. Some protest that this affirmation comes at a cost: you cannot receive it unless you first abase yourself as a hopeless and helpless sinner in need of redemption. It's an icky daddy-daughter comedy featuring character actors abasing themselves horribly for the money. Synonyms humble, humiliate, belittle, demean, lower, degrade, disgrace, disparage, debase, cheapen, discredit, mortify, bring low, demote, reduce Origin Late Middle English: from Old French abaissier, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at’) + baissier ‘to lower’, based on late Latin bassus ‘short of stature’. The spelling has been influenced by base.
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