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de·grade AHD[dĭ-grādʹ] D.J.[dɪˈgreɪd]K.K.[dɪˈgred]v.tr.（及物动词）de.grad.ed, de.grad.ing, de.grades - To reduce in grade, rank, or status; demote.使降级，使降等：在级别或地位上降低；使降级
- To lower in dignity; dishonor or disgrace:侮辱，羞辱：降低…的尊严；败坏…的声誉或使…蒙受耻辱：a scandal that degraded the participants.使所有参加者都蒙受耻辱的丑闻
- To lower in moral or intellectual character; debase.降低…品格：降低…的道德水准，或降低…的身份；有损…的人格
- To reduce in worth or value:降低…价值：价值上降低：degrade a currency.贬低通货的价值
- To impair in physical structure or function.使恶化：在体格或功能方面损害
- Geology To lower or wear by erosion or weathering.【地质学】 侵蚀：通过侵蚀或风化降低或磨蚀
- To cause (an organic compound) to undergo degradation.使退化：使（有机化合物）进行降解
- Middle English degraden 中古英语 degraden
- from Old French degrader 源自 古法语 degrader
- from Late Latin dēgradāre 源自 后期拉丁语 dēgradāre
- Latin dē- [de-] 拉丁语 dē- [表示“降低”]
- Latin gradus [step] * see ghredh- 拉丁语 gradus [阶段] * 参见 ghredh-
degradʹer n.（名词）degrade, abase, debase, demean, humble, humiliate- These verbs mean to deprive of self-esteem or self-worth.这些动词都表示剥夺自尊的意思。
- Degrade implies reduction to a state of shame or disgrace: Degrade 含有下降到羞耻和坏名声状态的意思： "Charity degrades those who receive it and hardens those who dispense it" (George Sand).“施舍使接受它的人蒙羞，从而使发放它的人变得冷酷无情” （乔治·桑）。
- Abase refers principally to loss of rank or prestige: Abase 主要指级别或威望的丧失： refused to abase herself by asking for an invitation.因请求得到他人的邀请被拒绝而使自己的威望降低。
- Debase implies reduction in quality or value: Debase 含有在质量或价值方面的降低： "debasing the moral currency" (George Eliot).“降低普遍的道德规范” （乔治·爱略特）。
- Demean suggests lowering in social position: Demean 含有社会地位上的下降： "It puts him where he can make the advances without demeaning himself" (William Dean Howells).“这使他处于一种可以进取而不用降低自己身份的位置” （威廉·迪恩·豪威尔斯）。
- Humble can refer to lowering in rank or, more often, to driving out undue pride: Humble 可指在级别上的降级，更常指消除不适当的傲气： He dreamed of humbling his opponent. To 他梦想着压倒对手。
- humiliate is to subject to loss of self-respect or dignity: Humiliate 是使丧失自尊的意思： a defeat that humiliated both army and nation. See also Synonyms at demote 一次丧失了军队和国家尊严的失败 参见同义词 demote
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