词汇 | degrade |
释义 | degrade 1 ENTRIES FOUND: degrade (verb) degrade /dɪˈgreɪd/ verb degrades; degraded; degrading degrade /dɪˈgreɪd/ verb degrades; degraded; degrading Learner's definition of DEGRADE 1 [+ object] : to treat (someone or something) poorly and without respect侮辱;贬低 The group accuses the company of degrading women in its ads.那个团体指责公司在广告中侮辱女性。 I am not going to degrade [=lower] myself by responding to these baseless accusations.我不会降低身份回应那些毫无根据的指控。 He felt degraded by their remarks.听他们那番话,他感觉受到了侮辱。 2 [+ object] : to make the quality of (something) worse降低…质量;使恶化 Scratches on a camera lens will degrade the image.相机镜头上的划痕会影响成像效果。 Pollution has degraded air quality.污染降低了空气质量。 3 technical : to cause (something complex) to break down into simple substances or parts使降解 [+ object] enzymes that degrade proteins降解蛋白的酶 [no object] plastics that don't degrade [=decompose] easily不易降解的塑料 — degrading adjective [more degrading; most degrading] a degrading job不体面的工作 He made a degrading remark about my weight.他拿我的体重来羞辱我。 |
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