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degrade 音标拼音: [dɪgr'ed] vt.
vi. (使)降级,(使)堕落,(使)退化 (使)降级,(使)堕落,(使)退化 degrade v 1: reduce the level of land, as by erosion [ ant: { aggrade}] 2: reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; " She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; " His critics took him down after the lecture" [ synonym: { take down}, { degrade}, { disgrace}, { demean}, { put down}] 3: lower the grade of something; reduce its worth [ synonym: { degrade}, { cheapen}] Degrade \ De* grade"\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Degraded}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Degrading}.] [ F. d[' e] grader, LL. degradare, fr. L. de- gradus step, degree. See { Grade}, and cf. { Degree}.] 1. To reduce from a higher to a lower rank or degree; to lower in rank; to deprive of office or dignity; to strip of honors; as, to degrade a nobleman, or a general officer. [ 1913 Webster] Prynne was sentenced by the Star Chamber Court to be degraded from the bar. -- Palfrey. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To reduce in estimation, character, or reputation; to lessen the value of; to lower the physical, moral, or intellectual character of; to debase; to bring shame or contempt upon; to disgrace; as, vice degrades a man. [ 1913 Webster] O miserable mankind, to what fall Degraded, to what wretched state reserved! -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] Yet time ennobles or degrades each line. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] Her pride . . . struggled hard against this degrading passion. -- Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Geol.) To reduce in altitude or magnitude, as hills and mountains; to wear down. Syn: To abase; demean; lower; reduce. See { Abase}. [ 1913 Webster]
Degrade \ De* grade"\, v. i. ( Biol.) To degenerate; to pass from a higher to a lower type of structure; as, a family of plants or animals degrades through this or that genus or group of genera. [ 1913 Webster] 143 Moby Thesaurus words for " degrade": abase, abash, adulterate, alloy, belittle, boot, bounce, break, bring down, bring into discredit, bring low, bring shame upon, bump, bust, can, canker, cashier, cast down, cast reproach upon, cheapen, coarsen, confound, contaminate, corrupt, crush, cry down, debase, debauch, decry, defile, deflower, defrock, degenerate, demean, demerit, demote, denature, deplume, depose, deprave, deprecate, depreciate, deprive, derogate, derogate from, desecrate, despoil, detract, detract from, devalue, dilute, diminish, disapprove of, disbar, discharge, discredit, disemploy, disenfranchise, disfranchise, disgrace, disgrade, dishonor, dismiss, disparage, displace, displume, distort, downgrade, drum out, dump, dump on, expel, fire, furlough, give the ax, give the gate, hold in contempt, humble, humiliate, impute shame to, infect, kick, kick upstairs, knock, lay off, lessen, let go, let out, lower, make little of, make redundant, minimize, misuse, mortify, pension off, pervert, pillory, poison, pollute, prostitute, put down, put to shame, ravage, ravish, read out of, reduce, reflect discredit upon, release, remove, replace, reproach, retire, rule out, run down, sack, separate forcibly, set down, shame, sink, slight, speak ill of, strip, strip of rank, submit to indignity, superannuate, surplus, suspend, taint, take down, thin, trip up, turn off, turn out, twist, ulcerate, unfrock, unseat, violate, vitiate, vulgarize, warp, water down, weaken
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