中文翻译与英英解释

vt.
1.降格，降级。
2.撤职，免职。
3.降低品格[身价、价值(等)]；使堕落；使受屈辱。
4.【化学】降解。
5.【生物学】使退化。
6.【地质学；地理学】使剥蚀。
vi.
1.降低；堕落。
2.【生物学】退化。
3.(剑桥大学)把名誉学位考试延期一年。

lower the grade of something; reduce its worth
同义词：cheapen,

reduce the level of land, as by erosion

reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture"
同义词：take down, disgrace, demean, put down,

例句与用法

A knight may be degraded for treason .
一个爵士可以因叛逆罪被贬黜

"to degrade you?" said mr. creakle .
“寒碜你？”克里克先生说。

He was degraded in their eyes .
他在她们众目睽睽之下丢了丑。

Merriment is not a bad or degrading quality .
笑笑闹闹不是什么坏的或者卑鄙的品德。

The organophosphates degrade fairly rapidly in soil .
有机磷酸盐在土壤中降解十分迅速。

Somehow it seemed shabby and even degrading .
而且，这种作法总好象很寒怆，甚至可以说很丢脸。

It degrades to stoop--it is glorious to look up .
卑躬屈膝是卑鄙的，--敢于趾高气扬才是光荣。

Rise, and don't degrade yourself into an abject reptile .
起来，可别把你自己贬成一个下贱的爬虫。

He felt it was a degrading job to wash dishes at a restaurant .
他认为在餐馆洗盘子是下贱的工作。

He was free from degrading fears and free from prejudice .
他从卑微的恐惧中，从偏见中解脱出来了。