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

• He was free from degrading fears and free from prejudice.
  他从卑微的恐惧中，从偏见中解脱出来了。
• 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。
• It must be very degrading to have to beg for money.
  必须向别人乞讨钱一定是非常可耻的。
• European Committee for the prevention of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment;
  欧洲防止酷刑和不人道或有辱人格的待遇或处罚委员会；
• Air conditioning would help preserve valuable furniture and musical instruments that heat and humidity were degrading, they argued.
  他们反驳道，空调将有助于保护珍贵的家具和乐器。这样的话，高温和潮湿都不会影响到它们。
• I wouldn't think of going to a bullfight-it's degrading and cruel.
  我决不会想去看斗牛的那是丢脸的而且是可耻残忍的。
• Corrupt judges and their corrupting influence; the vicious and degrading cult of violence.
  腐败的法官和他们腐败的势力；堕落而可耻的暴力崇拜。
• 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。
• Some people look upon labour as degrading.
  有些人把劳动看作下贱的事情。
• Some students thought it was insensitive and degrading to use a robot.
  一些学生认为使用一个机械手是没有感觉的和丧失体面的。