degrade
v. 有辱…的人格; (使)退化,降解; 降低
Something that degrades someone causes people to have less respect for them.
...the notion that pornography degrades women...
认为色情作品有辱女性尊严的观念
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。
To degrade something means to cause it to get worse.
...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
In science, if a substance degrades or if something degrades it, it changes chemically and decays or separates into different substances.
This substance degrades rapidly in the soil.
这种物质在土壤里会迅速降解。
...the ability of these enzymes to degrade cellulose.
这些酶降解纤维素的能力
1. reduce the level of land, as by erosion
2. reduce in worth or character, usually verbally;
3. lower the grade of something; reduce its worth
humble, humiliate, degrade, disgrace
这些动词均含有"使丢脸,使受耻辱"之意。
I can't degrade myself to what she is.
我不能让自己沦为像她一样.
So, they were careful to make no changes that would degrade its aerodynamics.
因此, 他们小心谨慎地不作出有损于其空气动力学的改动.
Alginate lyase can degrade alginates into oligosaccharides, and it's a kind of important tool enzyme.
褐藻胶裂解酶能裂解褐藻胶制备寡糖, 是一种重要的工具酶.
The results show that the new type reactor could degrade benzamide efficiently.
研究表明,该反应器可有效降解苯甲酰胺.
Any rework or repair must not increase stress concentrations that degrade component durability.
任何翻修或修理都不得增加应力集中而降低部件的耐久性.