音标:[di'greid] ; 柯林斯词典等级:1 级;
v. (使)降级, (使)退化
v. reduce the level of land, as by erosion
v. lower the grade of something; reduce its worth
词型变化:现在分词 : degrading ; 过去分词 : degraded ; 第三人称单数 : degrades ; 过去式 : degraded ; 名词复数形式 : degrades
考试类型:[六级/托福/IELTS]
词性分布:
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degrade的用法和样例:

例句

用作动词(v.)
  1. You should not degrade yourself by telling such a lie.你不该说那样的谎话降低自己的人格。
  2. I felt degraded by having to ask for money.不得不向别人要钱,我感到有失尊严。
  3. No one can degrade us except ourselves.除了我们自己,没有人能贬低我们。
  4. 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。
  5. They degrade into carbon and oxygen.他们能被降解成碳和氧。

常见句型

用作动词(v.)
用作及物动词S+~+ n./pron.
  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。
  2. Do you think it degrades a woman to marry a man, not because she loves him, but because he is rich?一个女人嫁给一个男人,不是因为爱他,而是因为他有钱。你觉得她是堕落吗?
  3. Don't degrade yourself by answering him.不要贬低身份去答理他。
  4. He felt they were degrading him by making him wash the dishes.他感到他们叫他洗盘子是在侮辱他。
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  6. He was degraded from the class.他被降级了。
  7. Dreyfus is degraded before the Army on January 5,1895.德赖弗斯于1895年1月5日在全军面前被革职。

常用短语

用作动词(v.)
degrade for (v.+prep.)
    由于…而降级 reduce to a low rank fordegrade sb for sth/v-ing

    The major was degraded for disobeying orders.

    这个少校因不服从命令而被降级。

    He was degraded for being drunk and disorderly.

    他因酗酒和妨碍治安而受到降级处分。

    He was degraded from office, rank for his dereliction of duty.

    他因渎职而被降级。

degrade to〔into〕 (v.+prep.)
    使(某人)降级为〔沦为〕 make (sb) bring down in personal qualitydegrade sb to〔into〕 sb

    His dishonest action degraded him into a loner.

    他因行为不轨以致没人愿与他来往。

    This degraded him into a beggar.

    这使他沦为乞丐。

    He was degraded to a mere member.

    他被降为仅是会员而已。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)
~+名词
  • degrade oneself贬低自己的身份
~+副词
  • degrade absolutely〔deeply〕非常丢脸
  • degrade hopelessly无望地降级
  • degrade materially实际性地降级
  • degrade shamefully羞辱地降级
~+介词
  • degrade sb by认为…是贬低某人的行为
  • degrade for因…而降级
  • degrade from public office解除(某人)公职
  • be degradeed into(某人)堕落成为
  • degrade sb to a lower position将某人降职

经典引文

  • A priest could not be degraded but by eight bishops.

    出自:J. Priestley
  • The man..was degraded from his high estate.

    出自:J. H. Newman
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