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degrade
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
degrades; degraded; degrading
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。
degraded; degrading; degrades
1
a
: to lower in grade, rank, or status : demote
b
: to strip of rank or honors
d
: to scale down in desirability or salability
degrader noun
Did you know?
In Shakespeare's King Lear, the old king is degraded by the daughters he has given his kingdom to. He finds it degrading, for instance, when the number of his guards is reduced from 100 to 25. His degradation seems complete when, after going mad, he's reduced to living in the wilderness. As you can see, degrade is often a synonym for humiliate.
Example Sentences
The group accuses the company of degrading women in its ads. He felt degraded by their remarks. Scratches on a camera lens will degrade the image. Pollution has degraded air quality.
Recent Examples on the Web According to the park service, the number of people trampling through the area over the years has caused the base of the tree to degrade and has wiped out ferns that would normally surround it. 
Alexis Benveniste, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Aug. 2022 Cells in the retina continue to express the photosensitive protein after a one-time injection of the virus, while physical implants could degrade and stop working, accompanied by risks of infection. Connie Chang Chinchio, Popular Mechanics, 25 Aug. 2022 Invasive species can increase the costs of delivering water and power, degrade recreational opportunities and discourage tourism, said Rachel Pawlitz, chief public affairs officer for the Geological Survey. Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 30 July 2022 Russia says the strikes are part of a campaign to degrade Ukraine’s military infrastructure and block Western arms shipments. Reuters, NBC News, 6 June 2022 Once that signal is turned off, the CARs should disarm or slowly degrade and deactivate the CAR-T cell’s killing function. Angus Chen, STAT, 19 Jan. 2022 Agriculture is one of the biggest contributors to climate change: Pesticides, herbicides, nitrogen-rich fertilisers and monocultures degrade soil and lead to a loss in biodiversity. Marianne Lehnis, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2021 Not only did moving to a four-day workweek not degrade our productivity, but the months following the shift were among the most productive in our history. Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 16 Aug. 2022 Invasive species degrade our natural areas, including areas critical to threatened and endangered species, by taking resources from native life forms. Linda Jones, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2022 See More
Alexis Benveniste, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Aug. 2022 Cells in the retina continue to express the photosensitive protein after a one-time injection of the virus, while physical implants could degrade and stop working, accompanied by risks of infection. Connie Chang Chinchio, Popular Mechanics, 25 Aug. 2022 Invasive species can increase the costs of delivering water and power, degrade recreational opportunities and discourage tourism, said Rachel Pawlitz, chief public affairs officer for the Geological Survey. Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 30 July 2022 Russia says the strikes are part of a campaign to degrade Ukraine’s military infrastructure and block Western arms shipments. Reuters, NBC News, 6 June 2022 Once that signal is turned off, the CARs should disarm or slowly degrade and deactivate the CAR-T cell’s killing function. Angus Chen, STAT, 19 Jan. 2022 Agriculture is one of the biggest contributors to climate change: Pesticides, herbicides, nitrogen-rich fertilisers and monocultures degrade soil and lead to a loss in biodiversity. Marianne Lehnis, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2021 Not only did moving to a four-day workweek not degrade our productivity, but the months following the shift were among the most productive in our history. Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 16 Aug. 2022 Invasive species degrade our natural areas, including areas critical to threatened and endangered species, by taking resources from native life forms. Linda Jones, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Anglo-French degrader, from Late Latin degradare, from Latin de- + gradus step, grade — more at grade entry 1
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a
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