Degrade
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[编辑] 解释
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- v. 降格, 降级
- [英] v. 降格, 降级 ( to lower in rank or status; demote; debase)
- [记] de+grade ( 等级) -> 降低等级
- [同] 同根词: retrograde ( 后退) ; upgrade ( 升级, 上升)
- [例] A dishonest action like that will degrade you.
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
verb
- Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French degrader, from Late Latin degradare, from Latin de- + gradus step, grade — more at grade
- Date: 14th century
- transitive verb
- 1.
- a. to lower in grade, rank, or status ; demote
- b. to strip of rank or honors
- c. to lower to an inferior or less effective level <degrade the image quality>
- d. to scale down in desirability or salability
- 2.
- a. to bring to low esteem or into disrepute <his actions have degraded his profession>
- b. to drag down in moral or intellectual character ; corrupt
- 3. to impair in respect to some physical property <material degraded by exposure to sunlight>
- 4. to wear down by erosion
- 5. to reduce the complexity of (a chemical compound) ; decompose
- 1.
- intransitive verb
- 1. to pass from a higher grade or class to a lower
- 2. of a chemical compound to become reduced in complexity
- ? degrader noun
- ? degradingly adverb