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　

Collins.1 / BNC.11309 / COCA.8440

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

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.
  我问他是否找过妓女时，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

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

They degrade into carbon and oxygen.
他们能被降解成碳和氧。
Unfortunately, changing the apparent sector size in firmware can degrade performance.
遗憾的是，在固件中改变表面扇区大小会降低性能。
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。
When I asked him if he had ever been to a prostitute he said he wouldn't degrade himself like that.
我问他是否找过妓女时，他说他不会自贬身份去干那种事情。
Degrade oneself by cheating and telling lies.
因欺骗和说谎而降低自己的身分。
Ocean is a complicated and changeable channel which may distort the signals and degrade the performance of communication system.
海洋是一个复杂多变的信道，它会使声信号产生畸变从而降低通信系统的工作性能。
Designed to humiliate and degrade this country.
为羞辱和贬低这个国家而设计。
This means that no data is lost during compression, so the image does not degrade.
这意味着压缩过程中没有数据损失，因此图像质量不会下降。
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。
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。