degrade
- 英式英标[dɪ\'ɡred]
- 美式音标[dɪ\'greɪd]
vt. 贬低；使……丢脸；使……降级；使……降解
vi. 降级，降低；退化
中文词源
degrade 降级
de-, 向下。grade, 层级。即降级。
英文词源
- 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.
实用例句
- 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.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. Don't degrade yourself by answering him.
- 不要自贬身分去搭理他.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. You degrade yourself when you tell a lie.
- 说谎会贬低自己的身分.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 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**时，他说他不会自贬身份去干那种事情。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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.
来自百科语句
