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　

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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

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

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

双语例句

• Bad interface design, hardware limitations, and cross-system interaction can also degrade performance of the whole system.
  糟糕的接口设计、硬件限制和跨系统集成也会降低系统的整体性能。
• 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。
• As they degrade, the phosphates migrate into the soil.
  它们在降解以后，磷酸盐会进入土壤。
• As a result, performance can degrade as the decreased available heap memory leads to more frequent garbage collection.
  因此，随着可用堆内存的减少而导致更频繁的垃圾回收，性能可能会降低。
• The results indicate that ozone can degrade AFB_1 in cereal efficaciously.
  结果显示：臭氧能够有效的降解谷物中的AFB1。
• Blocking worker threads and poor service deployment and distribution can significantly degrade the performance of an overall middleware infrastructure.
  阻塞工作线程和不当的服务部署与分配可能会极大地降低中间件基础设施的总体性能。
• Degrade oneself by cheating and telling lies.
  因欺骗和说谎而降低自己的身分。
• 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。
• A dishonest action like that will degrade you.
  像这样不诚实的行为会使你降低身份。
• 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。