degrade

美 [dɪˈɡreɪd]英 [dɪˈɡreɪd]
  • v.(使)退化;降低;分解;削弱(尤指质量);降低…身份;使受屈辱;侮辱…的人格

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

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verb

1

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

This poster is offensive and degrades women.

这张海报冒失无礼,有辱女性尊严。

2

(使)退化,降解;分解
to change or make sth change to a simpler chemical form

3

降低,削弱(尤指质量)
to make sth become worse, especially in quality

degrade

频次

  • 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.

    ...the notion that pornography degrades women...

    认为色情作品有辱女性尊严的观念

  • 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。

  • 3
    VERB 使恶化;使退化
    To degrade something means to cause it to get worse.

    ...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

  • 4
    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.

    This substance degrades rapidly in the soil.

    这种物质在土壤里会迅速降解。

verb

1
lower the grade of something;reduce its worth
Synonym: cheapen
2
reduce the level of land, as by erosion
3
reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
She tends to put down younger women colleagues
His critics took him down after the lecture
Synonym: take down disgrace demean put down

数据来源:WordNet

  1. A dishonest action like that will degrade you .

    像这样不诚实的行为会使你降低身份。

  2. Application performance may degrade , or the application might hang .

    应用程序性能可能会降低,也可能挂起。

  3. The defence lawyers claimed that the prisoners had been subjected to cruel and degrading treatment .

    辩护律师声称囚犯遭到了残暴和侮辱性的对待。

  4. This poster is offensive and degrades women .

    这张海报冒失无礼,有辱女性尊严。

  5. The Party is being degraded by its acceptance of secret donations

    该党因私下接受捐赠而蒙羞。

  6. This substance degrades rapidly in the soil .

    这种物质在土壤里会迅速降解。

  7. He felt it was a degrading job to wash dishes at a restaurant .

    他认为在餐馆洗盘子是下贱的工作。

  8. Some people look upon labour as degrading .

    有些人把劳动看作下贱的事情。

  9. Executives said the app-store model degrades the quality of games and isn 't sustainable .

    高管们指责苹果商店模式会降低游戏的质量,并且不是可持续的。

  10. As they degrade , the phosphates migrate into the soil .

    它们在降解以后,磷酸盐会进入土壤。

  11. He was degraded to a mere member .

    他被降为仅是会员而已。

  12. The major was degraded for disobeying orders .

    这个少校因不服从命令而被降级。

  13. This degraded him into a beggar .

    这使他沦为乞丐。

  14. Was he even spectacularly sick , exceptionally blind , extraordinarily degraded ?

    难道他真的一身病态,格外愚昧,特别堕落吗

  15. Such programs always center attention on crude or degrading behavior intended to titillate viewers , participants , or both . For example :

    这类节目往往会着重通过粗俗、低级的行为引起观众和节目参与者的兴趣。

  16. But when news of the surrender reached the capital , the emperor 's jealous ministers began to degrade Li Ling in front of the emperor .

    但当李陵投降的消息传到首都,皇上身边嫉妒的大臣们都开始指责李陵。

  17. Study on the Effect of Improving Typical Degraded Grassland by Different Methods

    不同改良措施对典型草原退化草地植物群落影响的研究

  18. Infrared image degraded factor analysis and enhancement effect assessment

    红外图像降质因素分析及增强效果评价

  19. Soil quality index of degraded soil in cultivation and grazing integrated region

    农牧交错带退化土壤的质量指标

  20. Development in Treatment Technology for Toxic Industrial Wastewater Degraded Difficultly

    有毒难降解工业废水处理技术研究进展

  21. The study for degraded chitosan application to cotton fabrics ' finishing

    降解壳聚糖应用于棉织物整理工艺研究

  22. Measuring the activities of soil enzymes in degraded forest ecosystem ;

    退化森林生态系统的土壤酶活性特征;

  23. Soil animals could accelerate the organic matter to degrade .

    土壤动物可以促进土壤有机质的矿化;

  24. Advances of Study on Pesticide - Degrading Strains and Their Gene Engineering

    农药降解菌及其基因工程研究进展

  25. The study showed that the mixed bacteria community could degrade oil generally and effectively .

    研究表明混合菌群能更全面和有效的降解原油。

  26. However , the noise in the electrical signal greatly degrades its detection performance .

    但是电气信号中的电磁噪声严重影响了小波包的检测特性。

  27. Swapping is an expensive process and will significantly degrade your system .

    交换是一项开销非常高的处理,并且将明显地降低系统的性能。

  28. Restoration of Degraded Ecosystem and Integrated Management in Coastal Zone

    海岸带退化生态系统的恢复与海岸带综合管理

  29. Firstly , approximate algorithms used to solve optimization problem degrade the generalization ability .

    然而支持向量机也存在着几个缺点:首先,用于解优化问题的逼近算法会影响泛化能力;

  30. Study on Dominant Degrading Phenolic Bacteria 's Growth Conditions

    优势降酚菌株生长条件的研究