degrade

1. V-T Something that degrades someone causes people to have less respect for them. 使貶低身份; 使有辱人格

...the notion that pornography degrades women. …色情作品貶低婦女的這種看法。

2. degradingADJ 貶低身份的; 有辱人格的

Mr. Porter was subjected to a degrading strip search. 波特先生受到了有辱人格的脫衣搜身。

3. V-T To degrade something means to cause it to get worse. 使惡化[正式]

...the ability to meet human needs indefinitely without degrading the environment. …滿足人類無限需求但又不會使環(huán)境惡化的能力。