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1. Oxford Dictionary

   degrade

   • IPA[dɪˈɡreɪd]

   英式

   • v.
     treat or regard (someone) with contempt or disrespect；lower the quality of; cause to deteriorate

   • verb: degrade, 3rd person present: degrades, gerund or present participle: degrading, past tense: degraded, past participle: degraded

2. • 釋義

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. treat or regard (someone) with contempt or disrespect she thought that many supposedly erotic pictures degraded women 同義詞 demean, debase, cheapen, devalue, prostitute, ... 更多lower the status of, reduce, shame, humiliate, bring shame to, humble, mortify, abase, disgrace, dishonour, desensitize, dehumanize, brutalize反義詞 dignify, ennoble
   • ▪ lower the quality of; cause to deteriorate vast areas of natural habitats have been degraded
   • ▪ archaic reduce (someone) to a lower rank, especially as a punishment he was degraded from his high estate
   • 2. break down or deteriorate chemically the bacteria will degrade hydrocarbons when exposed to light the materials will degrade 同義詞 break down, deteriorate, degenerate, decay, atrophy
   • ▪ reduce (energy) to a less readily convertible form.
   • ▪ wear down (rock) and cause it to disintegrate.