degraded

柯林斯詞典

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(lèi)無(wú)限需求但又不會(huì)使環(huán)境惡化的能力。