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...
認為色情作品有辱女性尊嚴的觀念
When I asked him if he had ever been to a prostitute he said he wouldn't degrade himself like that.
我問他是否找過妓女時,他說他不會自貶身份去幹那種事情。
To degrade something means to cause it to get worse.
...the ability to meet human needs indefinitely without degrading the environment.
無限制地滿足人類需求而不造成環境退化的能力
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.
這種物質在土壤裡會迅速降解。
...the ability of these enzymes to degrade cellulose.
這些酶降解纖維素的能力
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
這些動詞均含有"使丟臉,使受恥辱"之意。
I can't degrade myself to what she is.
我不能讓自己淪為像她一樣.
So, they were careful to make no changes that would degrade its aerodynamics.
因此, 他們小心謹慎地不作出有損於其空氣動力學的改動.
Alginate lyase can degrade alginates into oligosaccharides, and it's a kind of important tool enzyme.
褐藻膠裂解酶能裂解褐藻膠製備寡糖, 是一種重要的工具酶.
The results show that the new type reactor could degrade benzamide efficiently.
研究表明,該反應器可有效降解苯甲醯胺.
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應力集中而降低部件的耐久性.