Degrade
[ dɪ'ɡred ]
第4级
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vt. 降低，贬低;使降级;降低…身分;使丢脸;
vt.& vi. （使）退化，降解，分解;降解;撤职，免职;降低品格[身价，价值（等）];
💡 词根助记
de向下+grade步，级→向下降级 → 降级；退化
📝 例句
You degrade yourself when you tell a lie.
你撒谎时就贬低了自己。
He degraded himself by cheating and telling lies.
他因欺骗、撒谎而损害了自己的人格。
He was degraded for disobeying orders.
他因不服从命令而受到降级处分。
Rise, and don't degrade youself into an abject reptile.
起来，可别把你自己贬成一个下贱的爬虫。
For an extended image, SA would reduce the contrast and degrade the details.
对于一个扩展的图象，球差会减少反衬度并使图象的细节模糊。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ de-拼音“德”,grade-年级:这个年级的全部德国人都是降级生
※de-前缀“向下、完全、除去”,grade-等级:使等级向下就是降级
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
🔤 词根
-ced-表示“走”
常见变体有-ceed-
📖 牛津释义
degrade
v
1 [Tn] cause (sb) to be less moral and less deserving of respect 贬低（某人）; 降低（某人）的身分; 使（某人）丢脸
degrade oneself by cheating and telling lies 因欺骗和说谎而降低自己的身分
I felt degraded by having to ask for money. 我出於无奈向别人要钱而自觉有失尊严.
2 [I, Ipr, Tn, Tn.pr]
(chemistry or biology 化或生) (cause sth to) become less complex in structure （使某物）降解, 分解, 退化
degrade molecules into atoms 将分子降解为原子.
🔁 扩展释义
*[di'greid]vt. (使)降级, (使)退化vi. (使)降级, (使)退化
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We mustn't waste any more time.
咱们不要再浪费时间了。
You were very kind. You brought out all your jewellery and you told me I could take anything I wanted. There were so many beautiful things that it was hard to choose. And then I saw a lovely diamond necklace with a big blue stone in the centre.
你太好了。当时你把所有的珠宝首饰全都拿了出来，而且说，我要什么就可以拿什么。漂亮的首饰太多了，实在难挑选。后来我终于看中了一条美丽的钻石项链，中间还嵌着一颗大蓝宝石。
Not really.
不会吧？