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
 
                
                    
                                    
                
                                                                                        degrade 中文词源
                
                
                    degrade 降级de-, 向下。grade, 层级。即降级。
                 
                                                degrade 英文词源
                
                
                    
                        - degrade (v.)
- late 14c., from Old French degrader (12c.) "degrade, deprive (of office, rank, etc.)," from des- "down" (see dis-) + Latin gradus "step" (see grade (n.)). Related: Degraded; degrading.
 
                
                                                    degrade 双语例句
                
                
                    1. A dishonest action like that will degrade you.  像这样不诚实的行为会使你降低身份. 来自《简明英汉词典》
 - 2. Don't degrade yourself by answering him. 
- 不要自贬身分去搭理他.
来自《简明英汉词典》
 
- 3. You degrade yourself when you tell a lie. 
- 说谎会贬低自己的身分.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
 
- 4. 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**时,他说他不会自贬身份去干那种事情。
来自柯林斯例句
 
- 5. For some reason our balancing reflexes degrade with age. 
- 我们的平衡反射,由于某种原因,随着年龄的增长而退化.
来自百科语句