首页英语词典degradedegrade英英释意

degrade

英[dɪ'greɪd] 美[dɪ'ɡred]
  • vt. 贬低;使……丢脸;使……降级;使……降解
  • vi. 降级,降低;退化

英英释意


1. reduce the level of land, as by erosion
2. reduce in worth or character, usually verbally;
"She tends to put down younger women colleagues"
"His critics took him down after the lecture"
3. lower the grade of something; reduce its worth