degrade

英 [dɪˈɡreɪd]

美 [dɪˈɡreɪd]

v. 降低…身份; 侮辱…的人格; 使受屈辱; (使)退化，降解; 分解; 降低，削弱(尤指质量)

现在分词：degrading　过去分词：degraded　第三人称单数：degrades　过去式：degraded　复数：degrades　

Collins.1 / BNC.11309 / COCA.8440

牛津词典

verb

降低…身份；侮辱…的人格；使受屈辱
to show or treat sb in a way that makes them seem not worth any respect or not worth taking seriously
1. This poster is offensive and degrades women.
  这张海报冒失无礼，有辱女性尊严。
（使）退化，降解；分解
to change or make sth change to a simpler chemical form
降低，削弱（尤指质量）
to make sth become worse, especially in quality

VERB 使丢脸;有辱…的人格;降低…的身份
Something thatdegradessomeone causes people to have less respect for them.
1. ...the notion that pornography degrades women...
  认为色情作品有辱女性尊严的观念
2. 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
Todegradesomething means to cause it to get worse.
1. ...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 substancedegradesor if somethingdegradesit, it changes chemically and decays or separates into different substances.
1. This substance degrades rapidly in the soil.
  这种物质在土壤里会迅速降解。
2. ...the ability of these enzymes to degrade cellulose.
  这些酶降解纤维素的能力

verb

lower the grade of something
Synonym:cheapen
reduce the level of land, as by erosion
reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
1. She tends to put down younger women colleagues
2. His critics took him down after the lecture
Synonym:take downdisgracedemeanput down

Both myxoviruses and lysosomes are equipped with enzymes which can degrade glycoproteins.
粘液病毒和溶解体均装配某些能分解糖蛋白的酶。
Continuous writing to a disk can largely degrade the performance of a program, causing it to run slowly.
持续地对磁盘进行写入操作可能会极大地降低程序的性能，导致其运行速度缓慢。
In sound recording, interference, such as ambient noise and reverberation, degrade the quality.
录音时，环境噪声和回响之类的干扰使录音质量劣化。
This can be accomplished by giving the cells extra enzymes that can degrade the relevant material.
完成这项工作的办法，是给予细胞以能够降解相应物质的额外酶。
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。
You degrade yourself when you tell a lie.
你撒谎时就贬低了自己。
Such sweeps can degrade performance of the source, affecting other applications.
这种彻底搜索可能会降低数据源的性能，并影响到其他应用程序。
Designed to humiliate and degrade this country.
为羞辱和贬低这个国家而设计。
Such leaks can degrade performance and eventually cause a program to crash.
这样的泄漏会降低性能并最终导致程序当机。
This will degrade performance.
这样将降低性能。