degrade
英 [dɪˈɡreɪd]
美 [dɪˈɡreɪd]
- vt. 贬低;使……丢脸;使……降级;使……降解
- vi. 降级,降低;退化
将“degrade”分解为“de-”(表示“向下”)和“grade”(表示“等级”或“等级下降”),可以形象地记忆为“等级下降”或“降低等级”。这样可以帮助记忆该单词的含义。
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degrade 降级de-, 向下。grade, 层级。即降级。
- degrade (v.)
- late 14c., from Old French degrader (12c.) "degrade, deprive (of office, rank, etc.)," from des- "down" (see dis-) + Latin gradus "step" (see grade (n.)). Related: Degraded; degrading.
- 1. A dishonest action like that will degrade you.
- 像这样不诚实的行为会使你降低身份.
- 2. Don't degrade yourself by answering him.
- 不要自贬身分去搭理他.
- 3. You degrade yourself when you tell a lie.
- 说谎会贬低自己的身分.
- 4. When I asked him if he had ever been to a prostitute he said he wouldn't degrade himself like that.
- 我问他是否找过妓女时,他说他不会自贬身份去干那种事情。
- 5. For some reason our balancing reflexes degrade with age.
- 我们的平衡反射,由于某种原因,随着年龄的增长而退化.