degrading

英 [dɪˈɡreɪdɪŋ]

美 [dɪˈɡreɪdɪŋ]

adj.  有辱人格的; 降低身份的; 贬低的
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)
degrade的现在分词

现在分词：degrading　

法律

BNC.32980 / COCA.28438

牛津词典

adj.

• 有辱人格的；降低身份的；贬低的
  treating sb as if they have no value, so that they lose their self-respect and the respect of other people
  1. the inhuman and degrading treatment of prisoners
     犯人所受的不人道和侮辱性待遇

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

英英释义

adj

• used of conduct
  Synonym:debasing
• harmful to the mind or morals
  1. corrupt judges and their corrupting influence
  2. the vicious and degrading cult of violence
  Synonym:corrupting

双语例句

• Preliminary study on degrading malathion in water using alliinase
  蒜酶对水体中马拉硫磷降解的初步研究
• The progress of studies on keratin, keratinase and keratin degrading microorganisms were reviewed.
  本文对角蛋白、角蛋白酶、角蛋白降解菌的研究和应用状况作了系统的综述。
• Countries passed laws against it and this degrading practice disappeared.
  各国通过法律禁止卖淫，于是这种不体面的行为消失了。
• He was free from degrading fears and free from prejudice.
  他从卑微的恐惧中，从偏见中解脱出来了。
• It must be very degrading to have to beg for money.
  必须向别人乞讨钱一定是非常可耻的。
• It's important to verify that new features and code changes aren't degrading overall performance.
  证实新特征和代码变更并没有对整个性能产生严重影响是十分重要的。
• Air conditioning would help preserve valuable furniture and musical instruments that heat and humidity were degrading, they argued.
  他们反驳道，空调将有助于保护珍贵的家具和乐器。这样的话，高温和潮湿都不会影响到它们。
• Otherwise, you are degrading beauty and truth.
  否则的话，你是在贬低美丽和真实。
• When properly managed, wetlands can help prevent non-point source pollution from degrading water quality.
  如果管理得当，湿地可以帮助防止非点，有辱人格的水质污染源。
• European Committee for the prevention of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment;
  欧洲防止酷刑和不人道或有辱人格的待遇或处罚委员会；