degrade
英[d?'gre?d]
美[d?'ɡred]
- vt. 貶低；使……丟臉；使……降級；使……降解
- vi. 降級，降低；退化
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?degrades;過去式:?degraded;過去分詞:?degraded;現(xiàn)在分詞:?degrading;
中文詞源
degrade 降級
de-, 向下。grade, 層級。即降級。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. A dishonest action like that will degrade you.
- 像這樣不誠實的行為會使你降低身份.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. Don't degrade yourself by answering him.
- 不要自貶身分去搭理他.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. You degrade yourself when you tell a lie.
- 說謊會貶低自己的身分.
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 4. When I asked him if he had ever been to a prostitute he said he wouldn't degrade himself like that.
- 我問他是否找過妓女時，他說他不會自貶身份去干那種事情。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. For some reason our balancing reflexes degrade with age.
- 我們的平衡反射,由于某種原因,隨著年齡的增長而退化.
來自百科語句