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单词 degrade
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degrade
verb
uk
/dɪˈɡreɪd/us
/dɪˈɡreɪd/

degradeverb(LOSE RESPECT)

[T]
tocausepeopletofeelthat they or otherpeoplehave novalueand do not have therespector goodopinionofothers:
贬低；降低…的身份；侮辱…的人格
Pornography degrades women.色情作品是对女性的侮辱。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Humiliating and degrading
  • abase
  • abasement
  • be under a cloudidiom
  • bring/takesomeonedown a peg (or two)idiom
  • bruisesomeone'segoidiom
  • debase
  • disgraced
  • dishonour
  • dishonourable
  • doghouse
  • exhibition
  • ignominious
  • ignominiously
  • ignominy
  • in the doghouseidiom
  • indignity
  • shoddy
  • stoop
  • stoop tosomething
  • undignified
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degradeverb(SPOIL)

[T]
tospoilordestroythebeautyorqualityof something:
玷污；损害，危害
Everydaytheenvironmentisfurtherdegraded bytoxicwastes.环境日益受到有毒废物的危害。
[IorT]electronicsspecialized
If thequalityof somethingelectricalorelectronicdegrades or is degraded, itbecomesless good or lesscorrect.
（使）（无线电信号、灵敏度等）降低
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Damaging and spoiling
  • adulterate
  • adulterated
  • adulteration
  • alloy
  • at the expense ofsomeoneidiom
  • at-risk
  • erode
  • flaw
  • foul
  • foul(something)up
  • gild the lilyidiom
  • gloss
  • gnaw
  • rampage
  • ravage
  • ravages
  • ruin
  • scourge
  • sour
  • wreck
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Deteriorating and making worse

degradeverb(CHANGE STRUCTURE)

[I]chemistryspecialized
(of asubstance) tochangeinto a moresimplechemicalstructure:
降解，自然分解
Thesechemicalsquicklydegradeintoharmlesscompounds.这些化学制品能很快降解为无害化合物。
See also
biodegrade
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Physical & chemical processes
  • absorbable
  • absorptive
  • absorptive capacity
  • acidification
  • addition reaction
  • condense
  • evaporate
  • evaporation
  • excitability
  • excitation
  • excite
  • exergonic
  • nuclear fission
  • oxidize
  • recondense
  • redox
  • refraction
  • rehydrate
  • reliquefy
  • solidify
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(Definition ofdegradefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

degrade| American Dictionary

degrade
verb[T]

degradeverb[T](REDUCE)

us/dɪˈɡreɪd/
toreducethequalityof something:
degradingwater/airquality
degradedsoundquality
Thestateisfundingprojectstorestoredegradedwetlands.
chemistry,physicsus/dɪˈɡreɪd/
Asubstancethat degradeschangestochemicalstructuresthat are moresimple.

degradeverb[T](LESSEN WORTH)

us
/dɪˈɡreɪd/
tocausesomeone toseemto beworthless andlosetherespectofothers:
Hisdepictionin themoviedegrades him.
(Definition ofdegradefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

degrade| Business English

degrade
verb[IorT]
uk
/dɪˈɡreɪd/us
tobecomeworseinquality, or to make somethingworse:
Unlike with acassetteplayer, thesoundof theMP3Player doesn't degrade as thebatteryweakens.
(Definition ofdegradefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdegrade

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Thus, (15a) and (15c) are also seriously degraded.
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They demanded respect for their social rights and not to be degraded to the role of being recipients of poor relief.
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Their presence supports the possibility that secreted proteins are partially degraded during the culture period.
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In the clear (no-noise) condition [m] vs. [n] proved to be the hardest discrimination but performance was not degraded much further in noise.
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Experiments showed that the efficiency gain in parsing time and grammar size was notable, and yet the goodness in probabilistic grammars was barely degraded.
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If rapid changes are presented to the system, their representation in the model domain will be degraded, often resulting in poor synthesis quality.
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The degree to which the tracking ability degrades is a function of the degree of risk aversion and the amount of risk.
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Timevarying currents and magnetic fields in superconductors however, generate thermal energy, degrading their ability to conduct supercurrents.
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As aqueous levels are reduced by microbial action, the cells 'squeeze' additional substrate from the organic sponge, until the target molecule has been completely degraded.
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On the other hand, both enzymes degraded human serum proteins (albumin and fibrinogen) with approximately equal efficiency under the conditions of our assays in vitro.
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Restrictions on daily living were reinforced by deteriorating public space, a product of abandoned buildings, degraded infrastructure, and the loss of local businesses.
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Bedding surfaces may contain relatively coarse, heavily weathered, volcanic clasts, degraded ash particles and mica flakes.
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In the absence of calcium, cadherins undergo a conformational change and are rapidly degraded.
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Together they are capable of degrading all components of the extracellular matrix.
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Choosing 2 mm does not change the results although it degrades the statistics.
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