Degrade

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[编辑] GRE 红宝书

  • 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
  • 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


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