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单词 degradation
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Definition of degradation in English:

degradation

noun ˌdɛɡrəˈdeɪʃ(ə)nˌdɛɡrəˈdeɪʃ(ə)n
mass noun
  • 1The condition or process of degrading or being degraded.

    a trail of human misery and degradation
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A Director, on the other hand, is designed to minimize performance degradation at all times.
    • The biggest cause of this attrition is loss or degradation of their seagrass habitat.
    • However, larger formatted documents take time to transmit and cause some degradation of service.
    • There are a lot of very clear-headed warnings out there about environmental degradation.
    • In fact, I would be hard pressed to think of a more perfect definition of human misery and degradation.
    • The predictable result was an accelerated degradation of the ecosystem.
    • This riveting drama speaks to our souls with its incessant probes into the importance of human choice and the degradations brought on by self-destructiveness.
    • It is ironic that these recent degradations of traditional citizenry have followed a period of 50 years unparalleled advance in the quality of material life.
    • Trace metals have been shown to inhibit ruminal protein degradation.
    • Rapid microbial degradation is more likely when the same pesticide is used repeatedly in a field.
    • How long can we sustain the environmental and social degradation that consumer culture perpetuates?
    • This allows types of degradation process and proportions of degradation products to be determined.
    • During the backup process the LAN experiences significant performance degradation.
    • Mass movements against the degradations of the free market have developed in every continent.
    • Due to smaller contact metal diffusion through fewer dislocations, it also reduces degradation caused by high currents.
    • Unprotected digital content can be repeatedly copied without suffering the degradation in quality that successive analogue recordings introduce.
    • In the second step, starch degradation is induced.
    • Edges are natural, colors solid, the picture free of defects or degradations.
    • Most of us are familiar with the Holocaust's unspeakable brutalities and degradations.
    • We all want to see recycling and an end to environmental degradation.
    Synonyms
    humiliation, shame, loss of dignity, loss of self-respect, loss of pride, abasement, mortification, indignity, ignominy
    demeaning, debasement, cheapening, devaluing, discrediting, dishonouring
    deterioration, degeneration, atrophy, decay, wasting away
    breakdown
  • 2Geology
    The wearing down of rock by disintegration.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Previous studies have found that for Quaternary events in arid climates, fault scarp degradation in colluvial material can be used to estimate fault age and earthquake recurrence.
    • Morphologic analysis of scarp degradation can be used quantitatively to determine relative ages of different scarps formed in cohensionless materials, under the same climatic conditions.
    • Students will measure and model mountain erosion/degradation processes.

Origin

Mid 16th century: from Old French, or from ecclesiastical Latin degradatio(n-), from the verb degradare (see degrade).

 
 

Definition of degradation in US English:

degradation

nounˌdɛɡrəˈdeɪʃ(ə)nˌdeɡrəˈdāSH(ə)n
  • 1The condition or process of degrading or being degraded.

    a trail of human misery and degradation
    Example sentencesExamples
    • How long can we sustain the environmental and social degradation that consumer culture perpetuates?
    • During the backup process the LAN experiences significant performance degradation.
    • Trace metals have been shown to inhibit ruminal protein degradation.
    • In the second step, starch degradation is induced.
    • Unprotected digital content can be repeatedly copied without suffering the degradation in quality that successive analogue recordings introduce.
    • Rapid microbial degradation is more likely when the same pesticide is used repeatedly in a field.
    • The biggest cause of this attrition is loss or degradation of their seagrass habitat.
    • Mass movements against the degradations of the free market have developed in every continent.
    • In fact, I would be hard pressed to think of a more perfect definition of human misery and degradation.
    • This allows types of degradation process and proportions of degradation products to be determined.
    • We all want to see recycling and an end to environmental degradation.
    • There are a lot of very clear-headed warnings out there about environmental degradation.
    • The predictable result was an accelerated degradation of the ecosystem.
    • This riveting drama speaks to our souls with its incessant probes into the importance of human choice and the degradations brought on by self-destructiveness.
    • A Director, on the other hand, is designed to minimize performance degradation at all times.
    • However, larger formatted documents take time to transmit and cause some degradation of service.
    • Due to smaller contact metal diffusion through fewer dislocations, it also reduces degradation caused by high currents.
    • It is ironic that these recent degradations of traditional citizenry have followed a period of 50 years unparalleled advance in the quality of material life.
    • Most of us are familiar with the Holocaust's unspeakable brutalities and degradations.
    • Edges are natural, colors solid, the picture free of defects or degradations.
    Synonyms
    humiliation, shame, loss of dignity, loss of self-respect, loss of pride, abasement, mortification, indignity, ignominy
    demeaning, debasement, cheapening, devaluing, discrediting, dishonouring
    deterioration, degeneration, atrophy, decay, wasting away
    1. 1.1Geology The wearing down of rock by disintegration.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Previous studies have found that for Quaternary events in arid climates, fault scarp degradation in colluvial material can be used to estimate fault age and earthquake recurrence.
      • Students will measure and model mountain erosion/degradation processes.
      • Morphologic analysis of scarp degradation can be used quantitatively to determine relative ages of different scarps formed in cohensionless materials, under the same climatic conditions.

Origin

Mid 16th century: from Old French, or from ecclesiastical Latin degradatio(n-), from the verb degradare (see degrade).

 
 
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