degrading

英 [dɪˈɡreɪdɪŋ]

美 [dɪˈɡreɪdɪŋ]

adj.  有辱人格的; 降低身份的; 贬低的
v.  降低…身份; 侮辱…的人格; 使受屈辱; (使)退化，降解; 分解; 降低，削弱(尤指质量)
degrade的现在分词

现在分词：degrading　

法律

BNC.32980 / COCA.28438

牛津词典

adj.

• 有辱人格的；降低身份的；贬低的
  treating sb as if they have no value, so that they lose their self-respect and the respect of other people
  1. the inhuman and degrading treatment of prisoners
     犯人所受的不人道和侮辱性待遇

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使丢脸;有辱…的人格;降低…的身份
  Something thatdegradessomeone causes people to have less respect for them.
  1. ...the notion that pornography degrades women...
     认为色情作品有辱女性尊严的观念
  2. When I asked him if he had ever been to a prostitute he said he wouldn't degrade himself like that.
     我问他是否找过妓女时，他说他不会自贬身份去干那种事情。
• VERB 使恶化;使退化
  Todegradesomething means to cause it to get worse.
  1. ...the ability to meet human needs indefinitely without degrading the environment.
     无限制地满足人类需求而不造成环境退化的能力
• V-ERG （使）降解
  In science, if a substancedegradesor if somethingdegradesit, it changes chemically and decays or separates into different substances.
  1. This substance degrades rapidly in the soil.
     这种物质在土壤里会迅速降解。
  2. ...the ability of these enzymes to degrade cellulose.
     这些酶降解纤维素的能力

英英释义

adj

• used of conduct
  Synonym:debasing
• harmful to the mind or morals
  1. corrupt judges and their corrupting influence
  2. the vicious and degrading cult of violence
  Synonym:corrupting

双语例句

• Some people look upon labour as degrading.
  有些人把劳动看作下贱的事情。
• Countries passed laws against it and this degrading practice disappeared.
  各国通过法律禁止卖淫，于是这种不体面的行为消失了。
• 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。
• No one should have to suffer such degrading treatment.
  没有人应该受到这样有辱人格的待遇。
• Otherwise, you are degrading beauty and truth.
  否则的话，你是在贬低美丽和真实。
• Therefore the concrete surface degrading state and depth of degradation can be predicted by the spectral amplitude peak frequency.
  故以本研究之应力波法可以藉由反应频谱之振幅尖峰频率值预测混凝土表面劣化状况与劣化深度。
• When properly managed, wetlands can help prevent non-point source pollution from degrading water quality.
  如果管理得当，湿地可以帮助防止非点，有辱人格的水质污染源。
• A strain of cellulolytic bacterium degrading fibre was effectively isolated from the rumen of the sheep.
  从绵羊瘤胃内容物中分离出一株高效纤维素降解细菌。
• Preliminary study on degrading malathion in water using alliinase
  蒜酶对水体中马拉硫磷降解的初步研究
• Torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment;
  施以酷刑或以残忍、非人道或侮辱人格的方式对待或惩罚；