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degrade v.降格；使屈辱；贬低；退化；降解 (1) 你不该说那样的谎话降低自己的人格。(2) 除了我们自己，没有人能贬低我们。(3) 我们的平衡反射，由于某种原因，随着年龄的增长而退化。(4) 他们能被降解成碳和氧。 When you whistle at a passing woman, you're being disrespectful––your behavior is degrading to women. In science, degrade means to break down. Old paper or photographs can degrade when left in the light––their material breaks down so that they crumble at a touch.

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英 [dɪ'ɡreɪd] 美 [dɪ'ɡreɪd] (1) You should not degrade yourself by telling such a lie.(2) No one can degrade us except ourselves.(3) For some reason our balancing reflexes degrade with age.(4) They degrade into carbon and oxygen. Degrade means to put down––a degrading comment is one that makes the subject feel bad, a degraded field is one whose soil has been worn out. If you move from an A average to a B, you've been degraded. 1[VERB 动词]使丢脸；有辱…的人格；降低…的身份 Something that degrades someone causes people to have less respect for them.   [V n]  [V pron-refl]...the notion that pornography degrades women...认为色情作品有辱女性尊严的观念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。degradingMr Porter was subjected to a degrading strip-search.波特先生被迫接受有辱人格的裸身搜查。2[VERB 动词]使恶化；使退化 To degrade something means to cause it to get worse.   [V n]  [FORMAL 正式]...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3[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]（使）降解 In science, if a substance degrades or if something degrades it, it changes chemically and decays or separates into different substances.   [V]  [V n]  [TECHNICAL 术语]This substance degrades rapidly in the soil.这种物质在土壤里会迅速降解。...the ability of these enzymes to degrade cellulose.这些酶降解纤维素的能力

英语单词	degrade
英美音标	英 [dɪ'ɡreɪd] 美 [dɪ'ɡreɪd]
中文释义	v.降格；使屈辱；贬低；退化；降解
英语例句	(1) You should not degrade yourself by telling such a lie. (2) No one can degrade us except ourselves. (3) For some reason our balancing reflexes degrade with age. (4) They degrade into carbon and oxygen.
中文例句	(1) 你不该说那样的谎话降低自己的人格。 (2) 除了我们自己，没有人能贬低我们。 (3) 我们的平衡反射，由于某种原因，随着年龄的增长而退化。 (4) 他们能被降解成碳和氧。
vocabulary简明	Degrade means to put down––a degrading comment is one that makes the subject feel bad, a degraded field is one whose soil has been worn out. If you move from an A average to a B, you've been degraded.
vocabulary扩展	When you whistle at a passing woman, you're being disrespectful––your behavior is degrading to women. In science, degrade means to break down. Old paper or photographs can degrade when left in the light––their material breaks down so that they crumble at a touch.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]使丢脸；有辱…的人格；降低…的身份 Something that degrades someone causes people to have less respect for them. [V n] [V pron-refl] ...the notion that pornography degrades women... 认为色情作品有辱女性尊严的观念 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。 degrading Mr Porter was subjected to a degrading strip-search. 波特先生被迫接受有辱人格的裸身搜查。 2 [VERB 动词]使恶化；使退化 To degrade something means to cause it to get worse. [V n] [FORMAL 正式] ...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 3 [V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]（使）降解 In science, if a substance degrades or if something degrades it, it changes chemically and decays or separates into different substances. [V] [V n] [TECHNICAL 术语] This substance degrades rapidly in the soil. 这种物质在土壤里会迅速降解。 ...the ability of these enzymes to degrade cellulose. 这些酶降解纤维素的能力

Degrade Degrading [V Means N Degraded Science Verb