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degrade

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v.(使)降级,(使)堕落,(使)退化

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degrade为短语/超纲词汇

词形变化:

名词:degrader 动词过去式:degraded 过去分词:degraded 现在分词:degrading 第三人称单数:degrades

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grad=to walk(行走) 变化型 gress

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demote  downgrade  lower  reduce    

degrade


/dɪ'greɪd; dɪ`ˇred/
v
1 [Tn] cause (sb) to be less moral and less deserving of respect 贬低(某人); 降低(某人)的身分; 使(某人)丢脸
*degrade oneself by cheating and telling lies 因欺骗和说谎而降低自己的身分
* I felt degraded by having to ask for money. 我出于无奈向别人要钱而自觉有失尊严.
2 [I, Ipr, Tn, Tn.pr] (chemistry or biology 化或生) (cause sth to) become less complex in structure (使某物)降解, 分解, 退化
*degrade molecules into atoms 将分子降解为原子.

degrade


v
[T]
to treat someone without respect and make them lose respect for themselves
 a movie that degrades women
degrade yourself (by doing sth)
 How can you degrade yourself by writing such trash?
[T]
to make a situation or the condition of something worse
 The dolphin's habitat is being rapidly degraded.
[I and T]technical
if a substance, chemical etc degrades, or if something degrades it, it changes to a simpler form
>degradableadj
1. He held that a man of learning, if he does not wish to degrade himself, must never cease to participate in public affairs — he must not shut himself up in his study or laboratory and shun the social and political struggles of the day.
    他认为,一个有学问的人,除非他自甘落伍,应该从不停止参加公众活动——他不能把自己关在书房或实验室中,逃避现实社会和政治斗争。

2. You degrade yourself when you tell a lie.
    你撒谎时就贬低了自己。

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