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单词 degrade
释义
degrade
dɪgrd diˈgreɪd dɪˈgreɪd
Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense degrades, present participle degrading, past tense , past participle degraded
1 VERB 使丢脸;有辱的人格;降低的身份 Something that degrades someone causes people to have less respect for them. 使丢脸;有辱的人格;降低的身份
  • ...the notion that pornography degrades women. [VERB noun]

    认为色情作品有辱女性尊严的观念

  • When I asked him if he had ever been to a prostitute he said he wouldn't degrade himself like that. [VERB pronoun-reflexive]

    我问他是否找过妓女时,他说他不会自贬身份去干那种事情。

degrading
  • Mr Porter was subjected to a degrading strip-search.

    波特先生被迫接受有辱人格的裸身搜查。

2 VERB 使恶化;使退化 To degrade something means to cause it to get worse. 使恶化;使退化 [formal]
  • ...the ability to meet human needs indefinitely without degrading the environment. [VERB noun]

    无限制地满足人类需求而不造成环境退化的能力

SYN damage, injure, harm, mar
3 V-ERG (使)降解 In science, if a substance degrades or if something degrades it, it changes chemically and decays or separates into different substances. (使)降解 [technical]
  • This substance degrades rapidly in the soil. [VERB]

    这种物质在土壤里会迅速降解。

  • ...the ability of these enzymes to degrade cellulose. [VERB noun]

    这些酶降解纤维素的能力

SYN break down, decay, degenerate, atrophy
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