单词	degrade
释义	degradede‧grade /dɪˈɡreɪd/ verb Verb Table 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 Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Black plastic starts to degrade upon exposure to sunlight. Erosion is degrading the land. Winters says he never intended to degrade women in his movies. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Adam Smith thought that specialization had the potential to degrade workers, too. An area several times as large is suffering a decline in productivity as it is degraded by overuse. Don't leave your tent pitched all day for a prolonged period - this will degrade the flysheet. If sulphur hexafluoride is subjected to electrical sparking in the presence of oxygen, it degrades, releasing toxic breakdown products. It honed in on the prototypical shape that was behind all the degraded images. They can all help us in understanding conduct which seems to degrade humanity. word sets WORD SETS► Chemistry acetate, nounacid, nounacidic, adjectiveacidify, verbactive, adjectiveadditive, nounagent, nounalchemy, nounalcohol, nounalkali, nounalkaline, adjectiveamalgam, nounantioxidant, noun-ate, suffixatomic number, nounbase, nounbauxite, nounbeaker, nounbenzene, nounbiochemistry, nounbitumen, nounbleach, nounbond, nounbonding, nouncalcify, verbcarbohydrate, nouncarbonate, nouncarbon dioxide, nouncarbonize, verbcatalyst, nouncaustic, adjectivechain reaction, nounchemical, nounchemical, adjectivechemical reaction, nounchemist, nounchemistry, nounchlorinate, verbcitric acid, nouncombustion, nounconcentration, nouncondense, verbcontaminant, nouncontaminate, verbcontaminated, adjectivecorrode, verbcorrosion, nouncorrosive, adjectivecrucible, nouncrystal, nouncrystallize, verbcyanide, nounDDT, noundecay, verbdecay, noundecompose, verbdegrade, verbderive, verbdetoxification, noundextrose, noundioxin, noundispersion, noundissolve, verbdistill, verbeffervesce, verbeffervescent, adjectiveelectrolysis, nounelectrolyte, nounelectroplate, verbemulsify, verbemulsion, nounenzyme, nounexpand, verbfatty acid, nounferment, verbferment, nounflashback, nounflask, nounformaldehyde, nounformula, nounfructose, nounfungicide, nounfuse, verbgas, noungaseous, adjectiveglucose, noungranular, adjectivegraphite, nounhallucinogen, nounhelium, nounherbicide, nounhydrate, nouninert, adjectiveinsoluble, adjectiveinsulin, nounion, nounionize, verblactic acid, nounlimescale, nounlitmus, nounlitmus paper, nounlitmus test, nounmethane, nounmixture, nounmolecule, nounneon, nounnerve gas, nounneutralize, verbneutron, nounnitric acid, nounnucleic acid, nounnucleus, nounnutrient, nounorganic chemistry, nounosmosis, nounoxidize, verboxyacetylene, nounoxygenate, verbozone, nounpart, nounpectin, nounpesticide, nounpestle, nounpetrochemical, nounpH, nounphotosynthesis, nounplasma, nounpolyunsaturated, adjectivepotash, nounprecipitate, verbprecipitate, nounprecipitation, nounproduct, nounprussic acid, nounquicklime, nounradioactive, adjectiveradioactivity, nounradiology, nounreact, verbreaction, nounreactive, adjectivereagent, nounresidue, nounretort, nounriboflavin, nounsalt, nounsaltpetre, nounsaturate, verbsaturated, adjectivesaturation, nounsaturation point, nounsemiconductor, nounsoft, adjectivesolid, nounsolution, nounsolvent, nounstability, nounstabilizer, nounstable, adjectivestarch, nounsteam, nounsucrose, nounsulphate, nounsulphide, nounsulphur, nounsulphur dioxide, nounsulphuric acid, nounsulphurous, adjectivesurface tension, nounsuspension, nounsynthesize, verbsynthetic, adjectivetannin, nountartaric acid, nounTNT, noununstable, adjectivevalence, nounvitamin, nounvolatile, adjectivevulcanize, verbwater softener, nounwater-soluble, adjectivewater vapour, nounwetting agent, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► woman · It's humiliating, degrading, having different women seeing you.· May responded that this exclusion did not constitute discrimination, nor did it degrade the status of women in the Church.· Pornographic material which is degrading to women, children and the men who look at it.· He was far too much of a gentleman to degrade any woman.· Rape, although unspeakably degrading for a woman, in no way degrades its victims morally. 1[transitive] to treat someone without respect and make them lose respect for themselves:  a movie that degrades womendegrade yourself (by doing something) How can you degrade yourself by writing such trash?2[transitive] to make a situation or the condition of something worse:  The dolphin’s habitat is being rapidly degraded.3[intransitive, transitive] technical if a substance, chemical etc degrades, or if something degrades it, it changes to a simpler form—degradable adjective
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