social status; the price of a slave

1. 瑪麗接受這份新的工作，以提高自己的身價。
   Mary took the new job to better herself.
2. 不要自貶身價，以免被人看輕。
   Don't make yourself a mouse, or the cat will eat you.
3. 使湯姆十分驚訝的是，社會地位很高的、有時還是貴族社會和上流社會的貴婦們，怎么會自貶身價，用下流粗話來發(fā)泄感情。
   It was greatly surprising to Tom that ladies of standing in society, often of rank and fashion, should condescend to utter sentiments couched in the language of the fish market.

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