English Dictionary

abase

IPA（発音記号）

/əˈbeɪs/

動詞

他動詞 古語 廃用

(transitive) To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate.

日本語の意味

（身分や地位、評価などを）低くする、下げる / 卑下させる、品位を傷つける / 卑しめる、屈辱を与える

The manager's harsh criticism was intended to abase the junior staff and undermine their confidence.

その管理職の厳しい批判は、若手スタッフを卑しめて自信を失わせることを意図していた。

意味（1）

(transitive) To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate.

For whoſoeuer exalteth himſelfe ſhalbe abaſed: and hee that humbleth himſelfe, ſhalbe exalted.

意味（2）

(transitive, archaic) To lower physically; to depress; to cast or throw down; to stoop.

to abase the eye

意味（3）

(transitive, obsolete) To lower in value, in particular by altering the content of alloys in coins; to debase.

Though in the nature thereof, that with which a purer metal is mixed, be not base; yet, it abases the purer metal. […] [T]hough silver be a precious metal, yet it abases gold. Grace, and peace, and faith, are precious parts of our treasure here; yet, if we mingle them, that is, compare them with the joys, and glory of heaven; […] we abase, and over-alloy these joys, and that glory.

abases （ present singular third-person ）

abasing （ participle present ）

abased （ participle past ）

abased （ past ）