degrade

動詞

1. 1

   貶低、侮辱、踐踏

   These advertisements degrade women and should be taken down.

   這些廣告貶低女性，應該撤掉。

2. 2

   降低、使惡化、使變差

   Running too many apps will degrade the phone's performance.

   同時開太多應用程式會降低手機的效能。

3. 3

   分解、降解、變質

   Most plastic bags take centuries to degrade completely.

   大多數塑膠袋要幾百年才會完全分解。

4. 4

   降級、降職正式

   The officer was degraded for disobeying a direct order.

   那名軍官因違抗直接命令而被降級。

5. 5

   侵蝕、使退化

   Years of intensive farming have degraded the soil here.

   多年的密集耕作已使這裡的土壤退化。