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degradation n.降格；堕落；退化 (1) 循环使用地下水可以导致缓慢的水质降低。(2) 堕落到最后地步就是被关进监狱。(3) 赌博总是与堕落相联系。(4) 环境恶化是当今国际社会普遍关注的全球性问题。(5) 他生活十分潦倒。 The noun degradation is related to the verb degrade, which comes from the Latin degradare. Degradare comes from de-, meaning “down,” and gradus, meaning "step." You can think of a degradation as a step down, or feeling as though you’re a step below.

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英 [ˌdeɡrə'deɪʃn] 美 [ˌdeɡrə'deɪʃn] (1) Slow degradation of ground water quality may result from repeated use.(2) Being sent to prison was the final degradation.(3) Gambling is always coupled with degradation .(4) Environmental degradation is a global issue of common concern to the international community today.(5) He lives in utter degradation. Degradation is the act of lowering something or someone to a less respected state. A president resigning from office is a degradation. It’s also a downcast state. Once the president has resigned, he might feel degradation. 1[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4[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

英语单词	degradation
英美音标	英 [ˌdeɡrə'deɪʃn] 美 [ˌdeɡrə'deɪʃn]
中文释义	n.降格；堕落；退化
英语例句	(1) Slow degradation of ground water quality may result from repeated use. (2) Being sent to prison was the final degradation. (3) Gambling is always coupled with degradation . (4) Environmental degradation is a global issue of common concern to the international community today. (5) He lives in utter degradation.
中文例句	(1) 循环使用地下水可以导致缓慢的水质降低。 (2) 堕落到最后地步就是被关进监狱。 (3) 赌博总是与堕落相联系。 (4) 环境恶化是当今国际社会普遍关注的全球性问题。 (5) 他生活十分潦倒。
vocabulary简明	Degradation is the act of lowering something or someone to a less respected state. A president resigning from office is a degradation. It’s also a downcast state. Once the president has resigned, he might feel degradation.
vocabulary扩展	The noun degradation is related to the verb degrade, which comes from the Latin degradare. Degradare comes from de-, meaning “down,” and gradus, meaning "step." You can think of a degradation as a step down, or feeling as though you’re a step below.
柯林斯解释	1 [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 4 [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

Degradation N Uncount 不可数名词 Process State President Feel Degradare