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degrade

美[dɪ'ɡreɪd]  英[dɪ'ɡreɪd]
v.  降格;使屈辱;贬低;退化;降解
  名词:degrader  过去式:degraded  过去分词:degraded  现在分词:degrading  第三人称单数:degrades
  近义词:reduce,shame,demote,downgrade,lower,humiliate,debase,abase,disgrace,demean,cheapen,damage,destroy,cutdown,worsen,mortify,dishonor,decay,decompose,disintegrate,breakdown,rot,depose,deteriorate,perish,impute,pervert,humble,takedown,putdown,aggrade,

详细释义

v.(动词)
  1. 使受屈辱,使丢脸,侮辱…的人格
  2. 使降级,降低...的地位,降低...的品格,降低…身分
  3. 降格,降级,降低品格
  4. 撤职,免职
  5. 【化】使降解;降解,分解
  6. 【地】使陵削;剥蚀
  7. 使堕落,使腐贬,使败坏
  8. 把名誉学位考试延期一年
  9. 【生】(使)退化
  10. 降低,下降
  11. 削弱
n.(名词)
  1. 一块有缺陷的木料

双解释义

v.(动词)
  1. vt. 使降级,使降低身份 bring down in the opinion of others, in self-respect, in personal quality
  2. vt. 使丢脸 bring down in behaviour

英英释义

Verb
  1. reduce the level of land, as by erosion
  2. reduce in worth or character, usually verbally;

    "She tends to put down younger women colleagues" "His critics took him down after the lecture"

  3. lower the grade of something; reduce its worth

组词搭配

~+名词
  1. degrade oneself贬低自己的身份
~+副词
  1. degrade absolutely〔deeply〕非常丢脸
  2. degrade hopelessly无望地降级
  3. degrade materially实际性地降级
  4. degrade shamefully羞辱地降级
~+介词
  1. degrade sb by认为…是贬低某人的行为
  2. degrade for因…而降级
  3. degrade from public office解除(某人)公职
  4. be degradeed into(某人)堕落成为
  5. degrade sb to a lower position将某人降职

例句

用作动词(v.)
  1. You should not degrade yourself by telling such a lie.你不该说那样的谎话降低自己的人格。
  2. I felt degraded by having to ask for money.不得不向别人要钱,我感到有失尊严。
  3. No one can degrade us except ourselves.除了我们自己,没有人能贬低我们。
  4. For some reason our balancing reflexes degrade with age.我们的平衡反射,由于某种原因,随着年龄的增长而退化。
  5. They degrade into carbon and oxygen.他们能被降解成碳和氧。

词语用法

v.(动词)
    degrade的基本意思是“使降低身份”(grade的意思是“等级”,前缀de-表示“降低”)。可指一般地降低地位、级别; 也可指因犯错误(或真或假)而降级; 还可表示正式剥夺某资格(如人民代表)或革职。引申可指“使丢脸”。 degrade是及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语,可用于被动结构。 degrade接介词for可表示降级的原因; 接to则可表示“降至”。
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