| 释义 | degrade  /dɪgreɪd/  verb [intransitive, transitive]  (technical 技术) to become or to make sth become worse, especially in quality  (尤指质量)降低◆the software tends to degrade the performance of other programs.  这软件常常会降低其他程序的性能。☞ degradedegrade/dɪˈgreɪd ||; dɪˈgred/verb [t] to make people respect sb less 使丢脸;使不值得尊敬;贬低: ◇it's the sort of film that really degrades women. 这的确是一部大大贬低女性的电影。  ➔degrading adj  de·grade /dɪ`gred; dɪˈɡreɪd/v [t]if something degrades someone, it makes people lose their respect for that person 降低…人格,使…丢脸:◇pornography degrades women. 色情作品贬损了女性形象。 |