deg·ra·da·tion /ˌdɛgrəˈdeʃən/
降格,墮落,退化
deg·ra·da·tion /ˌdɛgrəˈdeʃən/ 名詞
降解,遞降,分解作用
degradation
降格; 退化
degradation
退化
Deg·ra·da·tion n.
1. The act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; a lowering from one's standing or rank in office or society; diminution; as, the degradation of a peer, a knight, a general, or a bishop.
He saw many removes and degradations in all the other offices of which he had been possessed. --Clarendon.
2. The state of being reduced in rank, character, or reputation; baseness; moral, physical, or intellectual degeneracy; disgrace; abasement; debasement.
The . . . degradation of a needy man of letters. --Macaulay.
Deplorable is the degradation of our nature. --South.
Moments there frequently must be, when a sinner is sensible of the degradation of his state. --Blair.
3. Diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, or value; degeneration; deterioration.
The development and degradation of the alphabetic forms can be traced. --I. Taylor (The Alphabet).
4. Geol. A gradual wearing down or wasting, as of rocks and banks, by the action of water, frost etc.
5. Biol. The state or condition of a species or group which exhibits degraded forms; degeneration.
The degradation of the species man is observed in some of its varieties. --Dana.
6. Physiol. Arrest of development, or degeneration of any organ, or of the body as a whole.
Degradation of energy, or Dissipation of energy Physics, the transformation of energy into some form in which it is less available for doing work.
Syn: -- Abasement; debasement; reduction; decline.
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degradation
n 1: changing to a lower state (a less respected state) [syn: debasement]
2: a low or downcast state; "each confession brought her into
an attitude of abasement"- H.L.Menchken [syn: abasement,
abjection]