degrades

英 [dɪˈɡreɪdz]

美 [dɪˈɡreɪdz]

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的第三人称单数

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

双语例句

• It degrades gracefully to every single device, even the cheapest devices.
  它几乎完美地适用于各种设备，即使是最便宜的设备也是如此。
• Network overhead generated by Internet access degrades network behavior and it is pricey, too.
  因走访互联网而导致的网络负荷降低了网络性能，且费用昂贵。
• It was found that Malathion degrades faster in water samples than in rice plant and soil.
  在水样中的降解速率大于在植株和土壤中的降解速率。
• This substance degrades rapidly in the soil.
  这种物质在土壤里会迅速降解。
• Like any skill, the ability to communicate clearly, concisely and aesthetically degrades without practice.
  像其他的技能一样，能让沟通变得清楚、简洁和畅通。
• Adding more colors still improves user performance, but at seven or more, search performance degrades significantly.
  但在增加至7种或者更多种颜色时，搜索功能显著退化。
• Since misalignment degrades electrical performance, mating different types of connectors should be avoided.
  由于不对准会劣化电气性能，所以应该避免匹配不同类型的连接器。
• How is cartilage of leg knee joint degrades caused?
  腿膝盖关节软骨退化是怎么引起的？
• Executives said the app-store model degrades the quality of games and isn't sustainable.
  高管们指责苹果商店模式会降低游戏的质量，并且不是可持续的。
• There might come a time when an additional CPU offers no increase in performance, or even degrades performance.
  可能新增的一个附加的CPU并没有使性能增加，甚至降低了性能。