de.grade

degrade的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [diˈgreid]
KK音标发音： [dɪˈgred]

degrade的词性：
v.tr.（及物动词）

1. To reduce in grade, rank, or status; demote.
使降级，使降等：在级别或地位上降低；使降级

2. To lower in dignity; dishonor or disgrace:
侮辱，羞辱：降低…的尊严；败坏…的声誉或使…蒙受耻辱：

a scandal that degraded the participants.
使所有参加者都蒙受耻辱的丑闻

3. To lower in moral or intellectual character; debase.
降低…品格：降低…的道德水准，或降低…的身份；有损…的人格

4. To reduce in worth or value:
降低…价值：价值上降低：

degrade a currency.
贬低通货的价值

5. To impair in physical structure or function.
使恶化：在体格或功能方面损害

6. Geology To lower or wear by erosion or weathering.
【地质学】 侵蚀：通过侵蚀或风化降低或磨蚀

7. To cause (an organic compound) to undergo degradation.
使退化：使（有机化合物）进行降解

degrade的词源：

8. Middle English degraden
中古英语 degraden

9. from Old French degrader
源自 古法语 degrader

10. from Late Latin d?grad3re
源自 后期拉丁语 d?grad3re

11. Latin d?- [de-]
拉丁语 d?- [表示“降低”]

12. Latin gradus [step] * see ghredh-
拉丁语 gradus [阶段] *参见 ghredh-

degrade的词性：
n.（名词）

degrade， abase， debase， demean， humble， humiliate

13. These verbs mean to deprive of self-esteem or self-worth.
这些动词都表示剥夺自尊的意思。

14. Degrade implies reduction to a state of shame or disgrace:
Degrade 含有下降到羞耻和坏名声状态的意思：

“Charity degrades those who receive it and hardens those who dispense it” (George Sand).
“施舍使接受它的人蒙羞，从而使发放它的人变得冷酷无情” （乔治·桑）。

15. Abase refers principally to loss of rank or prestige:
Abase 主要指级别或威望的丧失：

refused to abase herself by asking for an invitation.
因请求得到他人的邀请被拒绝而使自己的威望降低。

16. Debase implies reduction in quality or value:
Debase 含有在质量或价值方面的降低：

“debasing the moral currency” (George Eliot).
“降低普遍的道德规范” （乔治·爱略特）。

17. Demean suggests lowering in social position:
Demean 含有社会地位上的下降：

“It puts him where he can make the advances without demeaning himself” (William Dean Howells).
“这使他处于一种可以进取而不用降低自己身份的位置” （威廉·迪恩·豪威尔斯）。

18. Humble can refer to lowering in rank or, more often, to driving out undue pride:
Humble 可指在级别上的降级，更常指消除不适当的傲气：

He dreamed of humbling his opponent. To
他梦想着压倒对手。

19. humiliate is to subject to loss of self-respect or dignity:
Humiliate 是使丧失自尊的意思：

a defeat that humiliated both army and nation. See also Synonyms at demote
一次丧失了军队和国家尊严的失败 参见同义词 demote