degrade
英 [d?'gre?d]
美[d?'ɡred]
- vt. 貶低；使……丟臉；使……降級；使……降解
- vi. 降級，降低；退化
英英釋意
- 1. reduce the level of land, as by erosion
- 2. reduce in worth or character, usually verbally;
- "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"
- "His critics took him down after the lecture"
- 3. lower the grade of something; reduce its worth