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单词

degrade

读音
dɪˈɡreɪd
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词根

"degrade" 的词根是来自拉丁语的 "degradare",其中 "de-" 是向下,"gradare" 是走,所以 "degrade" 可以理解为 "向下走",指事物的状态或者质量降低。

释义

vt. 贬低;使……丢脸;使……降级;使……降解 vi. 降级,降低;退化 [ 第三人称单数 degrades 现在分词 degrading 过去式 degraded 过去分词 degraded ]

例句

Jays prefer crickets, but crickets degrade more quickly.
松鸡喜欢蟋蟀,但蟋蟀退化得更快。
Certain irrigation practices degrade soil quality and reduce agricultural productivity.
某些灌溉措施会降低土壤质量,降低农业生产力。
The main reason was that steel cables degrade very, very quickly in contact with saltwater.
主要原因是钢索与盐水接触后降解非常快。

强化记忆

可以使用联想记忆法,将 "degrade" 记忆为 "de(降低)+grade(等级)",即降低等级或者品质。"degrade" 这个词是14世纪从拉丁语 "degradare" 演变过来的,在亚裔和欧洲文化中,"degrade" 常用于形容某人或某事的地位下降,或者品质降低。

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yelling, ignoring and showing contempt through body language are all waysto degrade someone.Dismissive behaviors like eye rolling, glaring, or refusal to make eye contact,
One way bacteria develop resistance is through proteins of their ownthat degrade the drug.By packaging the antibiotic with molecules that block the degraders,
These two ideas have intersectedto constantly degrade black womenas this idea of the strong, black masculine woman
even if put in the soil,where biomass will normally degrade.Think about it.
the myelin sheath covering your axons wears down,and other neuronal structures degrade.Back to the dastardly experiment.
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