degrading

英 [dɪˈɡreɪdɪŋ]

美 [dɪˈɡreɪdɪŋ]

adj.  有辱人格的; 降低身份的; 贬低的
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)
degrade的现在分词

现在分词：degrading　

法律

BNC.32980 / COCA.28438

牛津词典

adj.

• 有辱人格的；降低身份的；贬低的
  treating sb as if they have no value, so that they lose their self-respect and the respect of other people
  1. the inhuman and degrading treatment of prisoners
     犯人所受的不人道和侮辱性待遇

柯林斯词典

• 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

英英释义

adj

• used of conduct
  Synonym:debasing
• harmful to the mind or morals
  1. corrupt judges and their corrupting influence
  2. the vicious and degrading cult of violence
  Synonym:corrupting

双语例句

• I wouldn't think of going to a bullfight-it's degrading and cruel.
  我决不会想去看斗牛的那是丢脸的而且是可耻残忍的。
• No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
  任何人不得加以酷刑，或施以残忍的、人道的或侮辱性的待遇或刑罚。
• Humiliating or degrading acts Sex education centered "human dignity" and "neutral".
  侮辱性或有辱人格的行为主要以人格与中性教育为核心进行的。
• Some students thought it was insensitive and degrading to use a robot.
  一些学生认为使用一个机械手是没有感觉的和丧失体面的。
• A strain of cellulolytic bacterium degrading fibre was effectively isolated from the rumen of the sheep.
  从绵羊瘤胃内容物中分离出一株高效纤维素降解细菌。
• Otherwise, you are degrading beauty and truth.
  否则的话，你是在贬低美丽和真实。
• It must be very degrading to have to beg for money.
  必须向别人乞讨钱一定是非常可耻的。
• All this power is degrading you.
  所有的能力都把你变得卑鄙。
• Countries passed laws against it and this degrading practice disappeared.
  各国通过法律禁止卖淫，于是这种不体面的行为消失了。
• Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
  禁止酷刑和其他残忍、不人道和有辱人格的待遇和处罚公约