英 [dɪˈɡreɪdɪŋ] 美 [dɪˈɡreɪdɪŋ]
adj. 有辱人格的，贬低身份的
v. 侮辱，轻视；（使）降解，衰变；使恶化；把某人降级或贬职（degrade 的现在分词）
degrade /dɪˈɡreɪd/ CET6 TEM8 [ degrading degraded degrades ]
及物动词 Something that degrades someone causes people to have less respect for them. 使贬低身份; 使有辱人格
...the notion that pornography degrades women.
…色情作品贬低妇女的这种看法。
形容词 贬低身份的; 有辱人格的
Mr. Porter was subjected to a degrading strip search.
波特先生受到了有辱人格的脱衣搜身。
及物动词 To degrade something means to cause it to get worse. 使恶化
...the ability to meet human needs indefinitely without degrading the environment.
…满足人类无限需求但又不会使环境恶化的能力。
used of conduct; characterized by dishonor
同义词： debasing
降解-引用次数：149
BD189 and its degrading enzyme can provide new options for the study of OTA biological detoxification.
BD189菌株及其降解酶为OTA的生物脱毒研究提供了新的选择。
退化-引用次数：2
降解-引用次数：626
Its oil-degrading rate was 30.04% after incubating for six days.
,培养6 d时原油降解率为30.04%。
使陵弱，削减，使剥蚀，侵蚀(与aggrade相反)[参较aggrade]
使(能量)降级，使衰减；使弱化
... inhuman残忍的 degrading丧失体面的 boorish粗野的 ...
... degraded 被降级的 degrading 可耻的 degrease 脱脂 ...
degrading 降低品格的;丢脸的;卑鄙的 ..
...nding)和危险(dangerous)三个词的英文简称，在有些文献中，demanding也可能被另外两个D打头的词代替，有时是degrading（低下的），有时是difficult（困难）。
可耻的；丧失体面的；不名誉的
退化（degrade的ing形式）；减少；降低…的身份
The defence lawyers claimed that the prisoners had been subjected to cruel and degrading treatment.
辩护律师声称囚犯遭到了残暴和侮辱性的对待。
Mr. Porter was subjected to a degrading strip search.
波特先生受到了有辱人格的脱衣搜身。
Extending life grows medically feasible, but it is often a life deprived of everything, and one exposed to degrading neglect as resources grow over-stretched and politics turn mean.
延长寿命在医学上变得越来越可行，但它往往是一种被剥夺了一切的生命，而且随着资源变得过度紧张和政治变得卑鄙，生命会暴露在令人堕落的忽视之中。
"At least fifty percent of the oil that was released is now completely gone from the system and most of the remainder is degrading rapidly or being removed from the beaches."
VOA : special.2010.08.07
If there's something sort of degrading or unnoble about being a person who is going to become a corpse, committing suicide doesn't alter that fundamental fact either.
如果成为一个,将会变成尸体的人,有什么可耻或是不体面的话，自杀也不能改变这个基本的事实。
死亡课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
Dicer is an internal cellular mechanism for degrading RNA's.
icer是细胞降解RNA的内在机制
生物医学工程探索课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
The report concluded that this described activity "constitutes torture" and that it also constitutes "cruel,inhumane and degrading treatment."
VOA : standard.2009.03.23
As China's economy has grown 10-fold over the past 15 years, the country's environment has been degrading.
VOA : standard.2010.04.07
The new TSA screening techniques are especially outrageous, but their screening techniques have always been degrading.
But the market is still over-saturated with female characters in degrading or objectified roles.
America conducts surveillance activities just outside China's territorial waters that Beijing views as hostile and degrading.