marginalize
verb🔊/ˈmɑːdʒɪnəlaɪz/
🔊/ˈmɑːrdʒɪnəlaɪz/
(British English also marginalise)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they marginalize | 🔊/ˈmɑːdʒɪnəlaɪz/ 🔊/ˈmɑːrdʒɪnəlaɪz/ |
| he / she / it marginalizes | 🔊/ˈmɑːdʒɪnəlaɪzɪz/ 🔊/ˈmɑːrdʒɪnəlaɪzɪz/ |
| past simple marginalized | 🔊/ˈmɑːdʒɪnəlaɪzd/ 🔊/ˈmɑːrdʒɪnəlaɪzd/ |
| past participle marginalized | 🔊/ˈmɑːdʒɪnəlaɪzd/ 🔊/ˈmɑːrdʒɪnəlaɪzd/ |
| -ing form marginalizing | 🔊/ˈmɑːdʒɪnəlaɪzɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈmɑːrdʒɪnəlaɪzɪŋ/ |
- marginalize somebody
to make somebody feel as if they are not important and cannot influence decisions or events; to put somebody in a position in which they have no power 使显得微不足道；使处于边缘；使无实权