1. put down 贬低;奚落
Racist jokes come from wanting to put down other kinds of people we feel threatened by.
开种族主义色彩的玩笑是因为我们想羞辱那些对我们构成了威胁的其他种族
。2. run the gamut 囊括全部范围;全范围
She felt she had run the gamut of human emotions from joy to despair.
她感到自己尝遍了从喜到悲的人类的一切情感
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