degrade
柯林斯词典
1. V-T Something that degrades someone causes people to have less respect for them. 使貶低身份; 使有辱人格
...the notion that pornography degrades women. …色情作品貶低婦女的這種看法。
2. degradingADJ 貶低身份的; 有辱人格的
Mr. Porter was subjected to a degrading strip search. 波特先生受到了有辱人格的脫衣搜身。
3. V-T To degrade something means to cause it to get worse. 使惡化[正式]
...the ability to meet human needs indefinitely without degrading the environment. …滿足人類無限需求但又不會使環境惡化的能力。
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degrade /dɪˈɡreɪd/ (degrading,degraded,degrades)
剑桥词典
degrade verb (LOSE RESPECT)
[ 及物動詞：後麪接賓語的動詞 ]to cause people to feel that they or other people have no value and do not have the respect or good opinion of others
貶低；降低…的身份；侮辱…的人格
Pornography degrades women. 色情作品是對女性的侮辱。
degrade verb (SPOIL)
[ 及物動詞：後麪接賓語的動詞 ]to spoil or destroy the beauty or quality of something
玷汙；損害，危害
Every day the environment is further degraded by toxic wastes . 環境日益受到有毒廢物的危害。
[ 不及物動詞：後麪不接賓語的動詞 or 及物動詞：後麪接賓語的動詞 ] electronics specialized
If the quality of something electrical or electronic degrades or is degraded, it becomes less good or less correct .
（使）（無線電信號、霛敏度等）降低
degrade verb (CHANGE STRUCTURE)
[ 不及物動詞：後麪不接賓語的動詞 ] chemistry specialized(of a substance ) to change into a more simple chemical structure
降解，自然分解
These chemicals quickly degrade into harmless compounds . 這些化學制品能很快降解爲無害化郃物。
也見
biodegrade 返回 degrade