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Degrades 例:...The Verb Ability Substance 英[Dɪˈgreɪd 美[Dɪˈɡred Vt.降低,贬低;使降级;降低…身分;使丢脸;Vt

单词 degrade
音标
英[dɪˈgreɪd] 美[dɪˈɡred]
解释
vt.降低,贬低;使降级;降低…身分;使丢脸;vt.& vi.(使)退化,降解,分解;降解;撤职,免职;降低品格[身价,价值(等)];
例句

VERB
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.
例:...the notion that pornography degrades women...认为色情作品有辱女性尊严的观念
例: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
To degrade something means to cause it to get worse.
例:...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 substance degrades or if something degrades it, it changes chemically and decays or separates into different substances.
例:This substance degrades rapidly in the soil.这种物质在土壤里会迅速降解。
例:...the ability of these enzymes to degrade cellulose.这些酶降解纤维素的能力
变形
third:degrades~done:degraded~ing:degrading~past:degraded~

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