degrade

英 [dɪˈɡreɪd]

美 [dɪˈɡreɪd]

v.  降低…身份; 侮辱…的人格; 使受屈辱; (使)退化，降解; 分解; 降低，削弱(尤指质量)

现在分词：degrading　过去分词：degraded　第三人称单数：degrades　过去式：degraded　复数：degrades　

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牛津词典

verb

• 降低…身份；侮辱…的人格；使受屈辱
  to show or treat sb in a way that makes them seem not worth any respect or not worth taking seriously
  1. This poster is offensive and degrades women.
     这张海报冒失无礼，有辱女性尊严。
• （使）退化，降解；分解
  to change or make sth change to a simpler chemical form
• 降低，削弱（尤指质量）
  to make sth become worse, especially in quality

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使丢脸;有辱…的人格;降低…的身份
  Something thatdegradessomeone causes people to have less respect for them.
  1. ...the notion that pornography degrades women...
     认为色情作品有辱女性尊严的观念
  2. When I asked him if he had ever been to a prostitute he said he wouldn't degrade himself like that.
     我问他是否找过***时，他说他不会自贬身份去干那种事情。
• VERB 使恶化;使退化
  Todegradesomething means to cause it to get worse.
  1. ...the ability to meet human needs indefinitely without degrading the environment.
     无限制地满足人类需求而不造成环境退化的能力
• V-ERG （使）降解
  In science, if a substancedegradesor if somethingdegradesit, it changes chemically and decays or separates into different substances.
  1. This substance degrades rapidly in the soil.
     这种物质在土壤里会迅速降解。
  2. ...the ability of these enzymes to degrade cellulose.
     这些酶降解纤维素的能力

英英释义

verb

• lower the grade of something
  Synonym:cheapen
• reduce the level of land, as by erosion
• reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
  1. She tends to put down younger women colleagues
  2. His critics took him down after the lecture
  Synonym:take downdisgracedemeanput down

双语例句

• Similar to other metals, mercury does not degrade but instead accumulates in soil, water and living organisms.
  与其它金属类似，汞不会降解，反而会在土壤、水和活性生物体内蓄积。
• Any rework or repair must not increase stress concentrations that degrade component durability.
  任何翻修或修理都不得增加应力集中而降低部件的耐久性。
• Continuous writing to a disk can largely degrade the performance of a program, causing it to run slowly.
  持续地对磁盘进行写入操作可能会极大地降低程序的性能，导致其运行速度缓慢。
• Degrade oneself by cheating and telling lies.
  因欺骗和说谎而降低自己的身分。
• This can be accomplished by giving the cells extra enzymes that can degrade the relevant material.
  完成这项工作的办法，是给予细胞以能够降解相应物质的额外酶。
• Both myxoviruses and lysosomes are equipped with enzymes which can degrade glycoproteins.
  粘液病毒和溶解体均装配某些能分解糖蛋白的酶。
• I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.
  我将不会允许任何人通过让我讨厌他来减少和降低我的激情。
• Such leaks can degrade performance and eventually cause a program to crash.
  这样的泄漏会降低性能并最终导致程序当机。
• They degrade into carbon and oxygen.
  他们能被降解成碳和氧。
• You degrade yourself when you tell a lie.
  你撒谎时就贬低了自己。