• vt. 貶低；使……丟臉；使……降級；使……降解
• vi. 降級，降低；退化

de-, 向下。grade, 層級。即降級。

degrade (v.)

late 14c., from Old French degrader (12c.) "degrade, deprive (of office, rank, etc.)," from des- "down" (see dis-) + Latin gradus "step" (see grade (n.)). Related: Degraded; degrading.

1. A dishonest action like that will degrade you.

像這樣不誠實的行為會使你降低身份.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2. Don't degrade yourself by answering him.

不要自貶身分去搭理他.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. You degrade yourself when you tell a lie.

說謊會貶低自己的身分.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

4. When I asked him if he had ever been to a prostitute he said he wouldn't degrade himself like that.

我問他是否找過**時，他說他不會自貶身份去干那種事情。

來自柯林斯例句

5. For some reason our balancing reflexes degrade with age.

我們的平衡反射,由于某種原因,隨著年齡的增長而退化.

來自百科語句