中英互译
degrade
英 /dɪˈɡreɪd/美 /dɪˈɡreɪd/
基本释义
- v.侮辱，贬低；降低，削弱（尤指质量）；降解，分解；使降级，贬黜；使（岩石）陵削；使（能量）衰变
第三人称单数degrades
现在分词degrading
过去式degraded
过去分词degraded
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词语例句
侮辱，贬低vt.
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。
降低，削弱（尤指质量）vt.&vi.
The planet does not have the ability to meet human needs indefinitely without degrading the environment.
地球并不具备无限制地满足人类需求而不造成环境退化的能力。
降解，分解vt.&vi.
This substance degrades rapidly in the soil.
这种物质在土壤里会迅速降解。
使降级，贬黜vt.
The mayor was degraded from his position.
市长被贬级了。
- Jays prefer crickets, but crickets degrade more quickly.松鸡喜欢蟋蟀，但蟋蟀退化得更快。
- Certain irrigation practices degrade soil quality and reduce agricultural productivity.某些灌溉措施会降低土壤质量，降低农业生产力。
- The main reason was that steel cables degrade very, very quickly in contact with saltwater.主要原因是钢索与盐水接触后降解非常快。
相关短语
- be degraded from被从......的位置贬职
- degrade oneself掉价；贬低自己的身份
- degrade tast品位低俗的
- degrade gracefully完全降低；完整降低；完整下降
- Transform Degrade变换降级；转换降级
- degrade performance下降机能；低落机能；降低机能
词语扩展
vi.
降级，降低；退化
词义分布
降解
43.8%
降低
39.6%
贬低
6.4%
退化
6.4%
降级
3%
消退
0.9%
英英释义
- v.reduce the level of land, as by erosion
- v.reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
- v.lower the grade of something; reduce its worth
词源
- degrade来自中世纪法语dégrader
- degrade降级de-, 向下。grade, 层级。即降级。
- degrade降低...的身份，堕落；使降解，使退化词根词缀： de-去掉,取消 + -grad-步,级 + -e