degradation

1. N-VAR You use degradation to refer to a situation, condition, or experience which you consider shameful and disgusting, especially one which involves poverty or immorality. 墮落[表不滿]

They were sickened by the scenes of misery and degradation they found. 他們對所看到的凄慘和墮落景象感到惡心。

2. N-UNCOUNT Degradation is the process of something becoming worse or weaker, or being made worse or weaker. 惡化; 衰退

...air pollution, traffic congestion, and the steady degradation of our quality of life. …空氣污染、交通阻塞以及我們生活質(zhì)量的持續(xù)惡化。