单词 | degradable |
释义 | degradedegrade /dɪˈgreɪd, di-/ verb 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 |
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