[usually in negatives]BAD BEHAVIOUR OR ACTIONS to behave in a way that makes people respect you less 自降身份
I wouldn’t lower myself to speak to her after what she’s done.
她做了那样的事以后,我不会自降身份和她说话。
Examples from the Corpus
lower yourself• Corrigan took them and lowered himself.• He slid into schooling like an athletelowering himself into a whirlpool, feeling the heat deep in his tissue.• I lower myself into the chair, keeping as far away as possible.• Hindered by scolding women and jeering men, the soldierslowered themselves into the crampedcrawl spaces.• The hoodframed her expressive face, emphasising the grimace of determination before she lowered herself into the starting blocks.• I gave Becky to them and lowered myself into the water.• Police were called to the shop in Southampton after a passer-by spotted Urben lowering himself through the roof into the showroom.• She lowered herself to the beam, one leg down, the other forward.