v.(动词)

1. 使受屈辱，使丢脸，侮辱…的人格
2. 使降级，降低...的地位，降低...的品格，降低…身分
3. 降格，降级，降低品格
4. 撤职，免职
5. 【化】使降解；降解，分解
6. 【地】使陵削；剥蚀
7. 使堕落，使腐贬，使败坏
8. 把名誉学位考试延期一年
9. 【生】（使）退化
10. 降低，下降
11. 削弱

n.(名词)

1. 一块有缺陷的木料

v.(动词)

1. vt. 使降级,使降低身份 bring down in the opinion of others, in self-respect, in personal quality
2. vt. 使丢脸 bring down in behaviour

Verb:

1. reduce the level of land, as by erosion

2. reduce in worth or character, usually verbally;

   "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"
   "His critics took him down after the lecture"
   

3. lower the grade of something; reduce its worth

1.使丢脸;有辱…的人格;降低…的身份
Something thatdegrades someone causes people to have less respect for them.

degrade在线翻译

e.g. ...the notion that pornography degrades women...
认为色情作品有辱女性尊严的观念
e.g. When I asked him if he had ever been to a prostitute he said he wouldn'tdegrade 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。

degrading
Mr Porter was subjected to a degrading strip-search.
波特先生被迫接受有辱人格的裸身搜查。

2.使恶化;使退化
Todegrade something means to cause it to get worse.

degrade

e.g. ...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

3.（使）降解
In science, if a substancedegrades or if somethingdegrades it, it changes chemically and decays or separates into different substances.

e.g. This substance degrades rapidly in the soil.
这种物质在土壤里会迅速降解。
e.g. ...the ability of these enzymes todegrade cellulose.
这些酶降解纤维素的能力

1. 降级：此书的作者,用通俗易懂的英文,循序渐进的方式将JavaScript DOM编程最清晰的表达给了读者,而最让我激动的是,他将如何使行为层与表现层、内容层实现完全分离的方式展现给了我们,而且还重点加强了Javascript降级(degrade)思想,Javascript应该是对文本内容的一个补充,

2. 降低：根据攻击对目标造成的破坏程度,攻击影响自低向高可以分为:无效(None)、服务降低(degrade)、可自恢复的服务破坏(Self-recoverable)、可人工恢复的服务破坏(Manu-recoverable)以及不可恢复的服务破坏(Non-recoverable).

3. degrade

3. 降解：随之这种微粒会降解(degrade)成对人体无害的副产物,并於5天内自人体安全地排出. 为了制作这种微粒,研究人员先让电流通过半导体业界使用的矽晶圆,在晶圆上形成奈米级孔洞,接著以超声波震碎布满孔洞的晶圆,

This poster is offensive and degrades women.

这张海报冒失无礼，有辱女性尊严。

...the ability of these enzymes to degrade cellulose.

这些酶降解纤维素的能力

This substance degrades rapidly in the soil.

这种物质在土壤里会迅速降解。

...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

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。

...the notion that pornography degrades women...

认为色情作品有辱女性尊严的观念

I can't degrade myself to what she is.

我不能让自己沦为像她一样.

So, they were careful to make no changes that would degrade its aerodynamics.

因此, 他们小心谨慎地不作出有损于其空气动力学的改动.

Alginate lyase can degrade alginates into oligosaccharides, and it's a kind of important tool enzyme.

褐藻胶裂解酶能裂解褐藻胶制备寡糖, 是一种重要的工具酶.

The results show that the new type reactor could degrade benzamide efficiently.

研究表明,该反应器可有效降解苯甲酰胺.

Any rework or repair must not increase stress concentrations that degrade component durability.

任何翻修或修理都不得增加应力集中而降低部件的耐久性.

I don't ever want you to abuse and degrade me in public!

我从没有想你会在公共场合辱骂我让我丢脸!

A dishonest action like that will degrade you.

像这样不诚实的行为会使你降低身份.

Robots are used in repetitive , monotonous tasks in which human performance might degrade over time.

机器人应用于单一重复性工作,人长时间从事这些工作效率就降低.

Don't degrade yourself by answering him.

不要自贬身分去搭理他.

The inaccurate Doppler centroid estimation can evidently degrade the quality of SAS image.

不准确的多普勒中心估计会显著降低合成孔径声纳图像质量.

In analog and digital circuits, crosstalk between coupled microstrip lines can degrade the performance of equipment.

在模拟和数字电路中, 耦合微带线间的串扰会降低设备的性能.

Therefore, the key to break emulsification and decrease viscosity is to degrade xanthan gum.

因此, 油水破乳和降低粘度的关键在于降解黄原胶.

As we have already indicated, IC sockets can degrade the performance of analog ICs.

用于搭试的电路板最好有连续的地层(果双面都有地层就更理想了, 虽然调试起来会不太方便)这样接地的导线和层间连接线都会比较短.

The enzyme armoury is sufficient to degrade most proteins to small peptides and amino acids.

这一酶库足以将大多数蛋白质降解成短肽和氨基酸.

Such contamination , if not removed, can degrade the electrical characteristics of the devices.

如果不除去这种污染, 就会恶化器件的电性.

These currents can degrade the accuracy of low current measurements considerably.

这种电流能够大大降低弱电流测量的准确度.

For an extended image, SA would reduce the contrast and degrade the details.

对于一个扩展的图象, 球差会减少反衬度并使图象的细节模糊.

It is still uncertain if such reactions could degrade the meat quality of farm animals.

现在尚不清楚家畜的这些反应是否会对其肉的品质产生影响.

Conclusion: Complex salvia miltiorrhiza dripping pills can degrade the incidence rate of arterial sclerosis.

结论: 复方丹参滴丸可降低动脉硬化的发生率.

For some reason our balancing reflexes degrade with age.

我们的平衡反射,由于某种原因,随着年龄的增长而退化.

Packet loss over IP network can degrade the quality of video data.

IP网络中,分组丢失是影响视频数据恢复质量的重要因素.

Rise, and don't degrade youself into an abject reptile.

起来, 可别把你自己贬成一个下贱的爬虫.

用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.

1. A dishonest action like that will degrade you.
   像这样不诚实的行为会使你降低身份。
2. Do you think it degrades a woman to marry a man, not because she loves him, but because he is rich?
   一个女人嫁给一个男人,不是因为爱他,而是因为他有钱。你觉得她是堕落吗?
3. Don't degrade yourself by answering him.
   不要贬低身份去答理他。
4. He felt they were degrading him by making him wash the dishes.
   他感到他们叫他洗盘子是在侮辱他。
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5. He was degraded from the class.
   他被降级了。
6. Dreyfus is degraded before the Army on January 5,1895.
   德赖弗斯于1895年1月5日在全军面前被革职。

degrade for (v.+prep.)

由于…而降级 reduce to a low rank for
degrade sb for sth/v-ing

The major was degraded for disobeying orders.

这个少校因不服从命令而被降级。

He was degraded for being drunk and disorderly.

他因酗酒和妨碍治安而受到降级处分。

He was degraded from office, rank for his dereliction of duty.

他因渎职而被降级。

degrade to〔into〕 (v.+prep.)

使(某人)降级为〔沦为〕 make (sb) bring down in personal quality
degrade sb to〔into〕 sb

His dishonest action degraded him into a loner.

他因行为不轨以致没人愿与他来往。

This degraded him into a beggar.

这使他沦为乞丐。

He was degraded to a mere member.

他被降为仅是会员而已。

～+名词

• degrade%20oneself">degrade oneself贬低自己的身份

～+副词

• degrade%20absolutely%E3%80%94deeply%E3%80%95">degrade absolutely〔deeply〕非常丢脸
• degrade%20hopelessly">degrade hopelessly无望地降级
• degrade%20materially">degrade materially实际性地降级
• degrade%20shamefully">degrade shamefully羞辱地降级

～+介词

• degrade%20sb%20by">degrade sb by认为…是贬低某人的行为
• degrade%20for">degrade for因…而降级
• degrade%20from%20public%20office">degrade from public office解除(某人)公职
• degradeed%20into">be degradeed into(某人)堕落成为
• degrade%20sb%20to%20a%20lower%20position">degrade sb to a lower position将某人降职

• A priest could not be degraded but by eight bishops.

  出自：J. Priestley

• The man..was degraded from his high estate.

  出自：J. H. Newman

v.(动词)

1. degrade的基本意思是“使降低身份”(grade的意思是“等级”,前缀de-表示“降低”)。可指一般地降低地位、级别; 也可指因犯错误(或真或假)而降级; 还可表示正式剥夺某资格(如人民代表)或革职。引申可指“使丢脸”。
2. degrade是及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语,可用于被动结构。
3. degrade接介词for可表示降级的原因; 接to则可表示“降至”。

v.(动词)

degrade, disgrace, humble

这组词都有“使丢脸”“使受耻辱”的意思。它们之间的区别是:

1.degrade多指因不道德的习惯或行为而丢脸; disgrace指因使人丢脸的、不光彩的行为而丢脸; humble仅指一种敬畏或卑微的心理状态。

2.degrade指人格受损; disgrace指丧失体面。试比较以下三个句子:

I degraded myself by stealing.

我因偷窃而丢脸。

The contestant did not disgrace her mother- land.

该选手没有给祖国丢脸。

I can't see why I should humble myself before others.

我想不通为什么我在别人面前自卑。