英语词义辨析专八？

这些动词表示剥夺某人的骄傲，自尊，头衔或荣誉的行为。Disgrace指贬低某人在其它人心目中的评价：a scandal that disgraced the entire community. Degrade指沉湎于令人厌恶或不道德的习惯或行为中，以至让它毁掉了一个人的个性或公开地贬低了他或她的形象：a fine mind degraded and dulled by drug use; accusations intended to degrade him and destroy his reputation. Humiliate可以表示任何有损某人自尊的内在的感觉或外在的行为：a husband who enjoyed humuliating his wife in public; She felt thoroughly humiliated by her lack of insight.

Debase表示某种减损某事物内在价值的行为：currency debased by inflationary measures; political discussion debased by an atmosphere of hysteria. 正如所见的，debase会比degrade更加有事实根据，更加描述性的，而后者则表示更加彻底，但是更加主观或包含更多道德因素的情况。

剩作的动词全都具体表示一个人对自已所做的事。Abase表示奉承式的卑躬屈膝或仅仅是礼仪性地表示尊重：abasing himself before the hardened criminals with whom he was confined; The vassal abased himself before the throne of his liege at the beginning of every audience. Demean表示指任何通过无意义的动机或行为贬低自已：demeaning himself in his eagerness to meet the famous author. 这个动词可以指针对其它某个人的敌对行为：attempting to demean the witness by asking extraneous questions about her personal life. Humble可以指一场令人敬畏的经历：feeling small and humble as he stood gazing up at the Sistine murals. 当不用反身代词作宾语时，humble可以成为humiliate的替代，但更温和：trying to humble her husband by making him account for every penny he spent.