āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
degrade
/dÉĒÉĄÉšËeâÉĒd/
to degrade
01
āĻ āĻŦāĻ¨āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°āĻž
(of human activities or natural forces) to gradually break down rocks, mountains, hills, etc.
Transitive: to degrade a landform
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Construction activities can degrade natural landscapes.
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ°āĻŽ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ āĻĻā§āĻļā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻā§ āĻ
āĻŦāĻ¨āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
02
āĻ āĻŦāĻ¨āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻšā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to reduce the quality or effectiveness of something
Transitive: to degrade quality or performance of something
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The chemical spill degraded the soil's fertility.
āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻ°āĻ¤āĻž āĻšā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
03
āĻ āĻĒāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ āĻŦāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž
to treat someone disrespectfully or contemptuously
Transitive: to degrade sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The bully 's constant insults and mocking behavior degraded his classmates.
āĻŦā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ° āĻā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻ¤ āĻ
āĻĒāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻĒāĻšāĻžāĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ˛āĻ āĻāĻāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻšāĻĒāĻžāĻ ā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ
āĻĒāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
04
āĻĒāĻĻāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻšā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ āĻŦāĻ¨āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to lower someone's rank or position in a hierarchy, often as a form of punishment
Transitive: to degrade a person or their rank
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The corporation degraded many senior executives to lower roles following the merger.
āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻļāĻ¨ āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ° āĻāĻā§āĻ¸āĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻāĻāĻŋāĻāĻā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻŽā§āĻ¨ āĻĒāĻĻā§ āĻ
āĻŦāĻ¨āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
degraded
degrader
degrading
degrade
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
