Degradation Process Worse ˌdeɡrəˈdeɪʃn N Uncount 不可数名词 Noun Experience
Degradation refers to a shameful or disgusting situation, a deterioration or worsening, the damaging of land or the environment, or the breakdown of a substance.
degradation (de̱grəde͟ɪʃ(ə)n)
1. [N-VAR] 丢脸;(尤指)落泊,堕落: a situation, condition, or experience which you consider shameful and disgusting, especially one which involves poverty or immorality.
2. [N-UNCOUNT] 恶化;变糟;衰退: the process of something becoming worse or weaker, or being made worse or weaker.
3. [N-UNCOUNT] (土地或环境的)退化: the process of its becoming damaged and poorer, for example because of the effects of pollution, industry, and modern agricultural methods.
4. [N-UNCOUNT] 降解: the process of a substance breaking down into its separate parts or elements.
[N-VAR 可变名词]丢脸;(尤指)落泊,堕落 You use degradation to refer to a situation, condition, or experience which you consider shameful and disgusting, especially one which involves poverty or immorality.
[disapproval]
They were sickened by the scenes of misery and degradation they found...
目睹困苦、潦倒的景象,他们感到心里极不舒服。
She described the degradations she had been forced to suffer.
她描述了自己被迫经受的屈辱。
2
[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]恶化;变糟;衰退Degradation is the process of something becoming worse or weaker, or being made worse or weaker.
[with supp]
I feel this signals the degradation of American culture.
我觉得这标志了美国文化的没落。
3
[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](土地或环境的)退化 The degradation of land or of the environment is the process of its becoming damaged and poorer, for example because of the effects of pollution, industry, and modern agricultural methods.
[usu with supp]
[TECHNICAL 术语]
There are serious problems of land degradation in some arid zones.
在一些干旱地带存在严重的土地退化问题。
...the accelerating degradation of our planet's natural environment.
地球上自然环境的加速退化
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]降解 In science, the degradation of a substance is the process of its breaking down into its separate parts or elements.
[usu with poss]
[TECHNICAL 术语]
...the degradation of salicylic acid in plants.
植物中水杨酸的降解
Oxford
deg·rad·ation/ˌdeɡrəˈdeɪʃn; NAmEˌdeɡrəˈdeɪʃn/noun[uncountable ]1a situation in which sb has lost all self-respectand the respect of other people 堕落;落泊,潦倒(的境况)◆the degradation of being sent to prison被关进监狱的落泊境况2( technical 术语) the process of sth being damaged or made worse 毁坏,恶化(过程)◆environmental degradation环境恶化degradationdegradationsdeg·rad·ation/ˌdeɡrəˈdeɪʃn; NAmEˌdeɡrəˈdeɪʃn/
LDC
degradationdeg‧ra‧da‧tion /ˌdeɡrəˈdeɪʃən/ noun
Examples
Collocations
1[countable, uncountable] an experience or situation that makes you feel ashamed and angry: a life of poverty and degradation2[uncountable] the process by which something changes to a worse condition
WDF
degradation
[ˌdegrəˈdeɪʃn]
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退化(80%),堕落(15%),降格(5%)
n.退化;降格,降级;堕落
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