degradation 音标拼音: [d
, ɛgrəd'eʃən]
n . 降格,堕落,退化
降格,堕落,退化
degradation 降格; 退化
degradation 退化
degradation n 1 :
changing to a lower state (
a less respected state ) [
synonym :
{
degradation }, {
debasement }]
2 :
a low or downcast state ; "
each confession brought her into an attitude of abasement "-
H .
L .
Menchken [
synonym : {
abasement },
{
degradation }, {
abjection }]
Degradation \
Deg `
ra *
da "
tion \,
n . [
LL .
degradatio ,
from degradare :
cf .
F .
d ['
e ]
gradation .
See {
Degrade }.]
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 .
[
1913 Webster ]
He saw many removes and degradations in all the other offices of which he had been possessed .
--
Clarendon .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
The state of being reduced in rank ,
character ,
or reputation ;
baseness ;
moral ,
physical ,
or intellectual degeneracy ;
disgrace ;
abasement ;
debasement .
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The . . .
degradation of a needy man of letters .
--
Macaulay .
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Deplorable is the degradation of our nature .
--
South .
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Moments there frequently must be ,
when a sinner is sensible of the degradation of his state . --
Blair .
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3 .
Diminution or reduction of strength ,
efficacy ,
or value ;
degeneration ;
deterioration .
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The development and degradation of the alphabetic forms can be traced . --
I .
Taylor (
The Alphabet ).
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4 . (
Geol .)
A gradual wearing down or wasting ,
as of rocks and banks ,
by the action of water ,
frost etc .
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5 . (
Biol .)
The state or condition of a species or group which exhibits degraded forms ;
degeneration .
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The degradation of the species man is observed in some of its varieties . --
Dana .
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6 . (
Physiol .)
Arrest of development ,
or degeneration of any organ ,
or of the body as a whole .
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1913 Webster ]
{
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 .
[
1913 Webster ]
198 Moby Thesaurus words for "
degradation ":
abandon ,
abandonment ,
abasement ,
abjection ,
abjectness ,
ablation ,
abominableness ,
atomization ,
atrociousness ,
banishment ,
baseness ,
beggarliness ,
biodegradability ,
biodegradation ,
blackballing ,
breakup ,
bump ,
bust ,
casting down ,
chicanery ,
comedown ,
concavity ,
contemptibility ,
contemptibleness ,
corrosion ,
corruptedness ,
corruption ,
corruptness ,
crumbling ,
crumminess ,
de -
escalation ,
debasement ,
decadence ,
decadency ,
decay ,
declension ,
declination ,
decline ,
decomposition ,
deformation ,
defrocking ,
degeneracy ,
degenerateness ,
degeneration ,
degradability ,
degrading ,
demoralization ,
demotion ,
depluming ,
deportation ,
depravation ,
depravedness ,
depravity ,
depreciation ,
depression ,
deprivation ,
derogation ,
descent ,
despicableness ,
deterioration ,
detrusion ,
devolution ,
dilapidation ,
diminution ,
disbarment ,
discredit ,
disfellowship ,
disgrace ,
disgrading ,
dishonor ,
disintegration ,
disjunction ,
disorganization ,
displuming ,
disrepute ,
dissoluteness ,
dissolution ,
downgrading ,
downtrend ,
downturn ,
downward mobility ,
downward trend ,
drop ,
ducking ,
dying ,
ebb ,
effeteness ,
enormity ,
erosion ,
exclusion ,
excommunication ,
execrableness ,
exile ,
expatriation ,
extradition ,
fading ,
failing ,
failure ,
failure of nerve ,
fall ,
falling -
off ,
foulness ,
fugitation ,
fulsomeness ,
grossness ,
hauling down ,
heinousness ,
hollowness ,
humbling ,
humiliation ,
ignobility ,
ignominiousness ,
ignominy ,
incoherence ,
infamousness ,
infamy ,
ingloriousness ,
involution ,
knavery ,
knavishness ,
lapse ,
littleness ,
loss of honor ,
loss of tone ,
lowering ,
lowness ,
meanness ,
mildew ,
miserableness ,
mold ,
monstrousness ,
moral pollution ,
moral turpitude ,
nefariousness ,
obloquy ,
obnoxiousness ,
odiousness ,
odium ,
opprobrium ,
ostracism ,
ostracization ,
outlawing ,
outlawry ,
oxidation ,
oxidization ,
paltriness ,
pettiness ,
pokiness ,
poorness ,
profligacy ,
rankness ,
rascality ,
rascalry ,
ravages of time ,
reduction ,
regression ,
relegation ,
reprobacy ,
resolution ,
retrocession ,
retrogradation ,
retrogression ,
roguery ,
roguishness ,
rottenness ,
rust ,
rustication ,
scabbiness ,
scampishness ,
scoundrelism ,
scrubbiness ,
scruffiness ,
scumminess ,
scurviness ,
shabbiness ,
shame ,
shoddiness ,
sinking ,
slippage ,
slump ,
smallness ,
spoilage ,
squalor ,
stripping ,
stripping of rank ,
submergence ,
thrusting under ,
transportation ,
turpitude ,
unfrocking ,
vileness ,
villainousness ,
villainy ,
vitiation ,
wane ,
wear ,
wear and tear ,
wretchedness
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