英语词汇“degrade”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

degradedegrade /dɪˈgreɪd, di-/ verb

VERB TABLE

degrade

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	degrade
	he, she, it	degrades
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	degraded
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have degraded
	he, she, it	has degraded
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had degraded
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will degrade
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have degraded

Continuous Form
Present	I	am degrading
	he, she, it	is degrading
	you, we, they	are degrading
Past	I, he, she, it	was degrading
	you, we, they	were degrading
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been degrading
	he, she, it	has been degrading
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been degrading
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be degrading
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been degrading

1[transitive] to treat someone without respect and make him or her feel a loss of respect: The director is accused of degrading women in his movies.2[transitive] to make a situation or the condition of something worse: Erosion is degrading the land.3[intransitive, transitive] science, chemistry if a substance, chemical, etc. degrades, or if something degrades it, it changes to a simpler form: Black plastic starts to degrade upon exposure to sunlight.—degradable adjective—degradability /dɪˌgreɪdəˈbɪlət̮i/ noun [uncountable] → see also biodegradable