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degrade

verb
🔊/dɪˈɡreɪd/
🔊/dɪˈɡreɪd/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they degrade
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🔊/dɪˈɡreɪd/
he / she / it degrades
🔊/dɪˈɡreɪdz/
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past simple degraded
🔊/dɪˈɡreɪdɪd/
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past participle degraded
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-ing form degrading
🔊/dɪˈɡreɪdɪŋ/
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  1. [transitive] degrade somebody to show or treat somebody in a way that makes them seem not worth any respect or not worth taking seriously降低…身份；侮辱…的人格；使受屈辱
    • This poster is offensive and degrades women.这张海报冒失无礼，有辱女性尊严。🔊🔊
  2. [transitive] degrade something (specialist) to make something become worse, especially in quality降低，削弱（尤指质量）
    • Important natural habitats have been degraded by development.重要的自然栖息地因开发而退化。
  3. [intransitive, transitive] (specialist) to change or make something change to a simpler chemical form（使）退化，降解；分解
    • degrade (into something) The esters then degrade into harmless sugars and fatty acids.酯然后降解为无害的糖和脂肪酸。
    • degrade something The bacteria will degrade hydrocarbons.细菌会降解碳氢化合物。
    4. Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French degrader, from ecclesiastical Latin degradare, from de- ‘down, away from’ + Latin gradus ‘step or grade’.