Degrade - перевод на Русский и значение в Английском

verb

Behave in a way that belittles or degrades (someone).

Примеры использования:

I watched my colleagues abasing themselves before the board of trustees

verb

(of body tissue or an organ) waste away, especially as a result of the degeneration of cells, or become vestigial during evolution.

Примеры использования:

The calf muscles will atrophy

noun

The process of atrophying or state of having atrophied.

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Gastric atrophy

verb

(of a part of the body) to be reduced in size and therefore strength, or, more generally, to become weaker

Примеры использования:

After several months in a hospital bed, my leg muscles had atrophied., in the 1980s, their politica…

verb

Make (someone) cruel, violent, or insensitive to the pain of others by repeated exposure to violence.

Примеры использования:

He had been brutalized in prison and become cynical

verb

To act cruelly and violently toward someone

Примеры использования:

As a society we brutalize ourselves when we hurt our own members.

verb

Reduce the price of.

Примеры использования:

The depreciation of the dollar would cheapen us exports

verb

To make someone or something seem less valuable and less deserving of respect

Примеры использования:

What the author hates about forgeries is that they cheapen true art.

verb

Reduce (something) in quality or value; degrade.

Примеры использования:

The love episodes debase the dignity of the drama

verb

To reduce in quality or value

Примеры использования:

Television is often blamed for debasing american politics.

verb

(of organic matter) rot or decompose through the action of bacteria and fungi.

Примеры использования:

The body had begun to decay

noun

The state or process of rotting or decomposition.

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Hardwood is more resistant to decay than softwood

noun

Damage, or a state that becomes gradually worse

Примеры использования:

The dentist says i have a lot of tooth decay., there’s still too much crime, poverty, and decay in …

adjective

Having lost the physical, mental, or moral qualities considered normal and desirable; showing evidence of decline.

Примеры использования:

A degenerate form of a higher civilization

noun

An immoral or corrupt person.

Примеры использования:

Get out of my house, you degenerate!

verb

Decline or deteriorate physically, mentally, or morally.

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The quality of life had degenerated

verb

Deprive of positive human qualities.

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Brutal management methods and fear can dehumanize people

verb

To remove from a person the special human qualities of independent thought, feeling for other people, etc.

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It's a totalitarian regime that reduces and dehumanizes its population.

verb

Cause a severe loss in the dignity of and respect for (someone or something).

Примеры использования:

I had demeaned the profession

verb

Conduct oneself in a particular way.

Примеры использования:

No man demeaned himself so honourably

verb

To cause to become less respected

Примеры использования:

I wouldn’t demean myself by asking my father for money., it was demeaning to be asked to leave beca…

verb

Cause a severe loss in the dignity of and respect for (someone or something).

Примеры использования:

I had demeaned the profession

verb

Conduct oneself in a particular way.

Примеры использования:

No man demeaned himself so honourably

verb

Past simple and past participle of demean

Примеры использования:

The entire family was demeaned by his behaviour., i wouldn't demean myself by asking my parents for…

verb

Make less sensitive.

Примеры использования:

Creams to desensitize the skin at the site of the injection

verb

To cause someone to experience something, usually an emotion or a pain, less strongly than before

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Seeing too much violence on television can desensitize people to it.

verb

Become progressively worse.

Примеры использования:

Relations between the countries had deteriorated sharply

verb

To become worse

Примеры использования:

She went into the hospital when her condition began to deteriorate., a deterioration in relations b…

verb

To become worse

Примеры использования:

If the economy continues to deteriorate, it will affect the firm's future performance., sales will …

verb

Reduce or underestimate the worth or importance of.

Примеры использования:

I resent the way people seem to devalue my achievement

verb

To reduce the rate at which one currency can be exchanged for another

Примеры использования:

It caused a major crisis when the pound was devalued., the banking system was in trouble before the…

noun

Loss of reputation or respect as the result of a dishonourable action.

Примеры использования:

He left the army in disgrace

verb

Bring shame or discredit on.

Примеры использования:

You have disgraced the family name

noun

Embarrassment and the loss of other people’s respect, or behavior that causes this

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He resigned in disgrace., he’s a disgrace to his family., the lies my opponent is telling about me …

noun

A state of shame or disgrace.

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They have brought dishonour upon our family

verb

Bring shame or disgrace on.

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The ceremony was undertaken if a pupil had done something to dishonour the school

verb

If a bank dishonours a cheque, it refuses to pay it because there is not enough money in the account of the person who has written the cheque

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The bank of australia reversed its decision to raise fees for dishonored checks., the government ha…

adjective

Having or showing a modest or low estimate of one's importance.

Примеры использования:

I felt very humble when meeting her

verb

Cause (someone) to feel less important or proud.

Примеры использования:

He was humbled by his many ordeals

adjective

Tending to consider yourself as having no special importance that makes you better than others; not proud

Примеры использования:

He’s a humble man and he’s not comfortable talking about his own achievements., she rose from humbl…

verb

Make (someone) feel ashamed and foolish by injuring their dignity and pride.

Примеры использования:

You'll humiliate me in front of the whole school!

verb

Make (someone) feel ashamed and foolish by injuring their dignity and pride.

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You'll humiliate me in front of the whole school!

adjective

If someone is humiliated, they have been made to feel ashamed or stupid

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I've never felt so humiliated in my life.

verb

Cause (someone) to feel very embarrassed or ashamed.

Примеры использования:

She was mortified to see her wrinkles in the mirror

verb

To cause someone to feel extremely ashamed or embarrassed

Примеры использования:

He’s mortified by the fact that at 38 he still lives at home with his mother.

noun

A person, in particular a woman, who engages in sexual activity for payment.

Примеры использования:

Others attended the ‘circuses’ in which prostitutes performed sexual stunts.

verb

Offer (someone) for sexual activity in exchange for payment.

Примеры использования:

Although she was paid £15 to join a man at his table, she never prostituted herself

noun

Someone, usually a woman, who has sex with people for money

Примеры использования:

Hundreds of widowed or hungry women have had to prostitute themselves to survive., fig. some critic…

verb

Make smaller or less in amount, degree, or size.

Примеры использования:

The need for businesses to reduce costs

verb

Make smaller

verb

To make something less in size, amount, degree, importance, or price

Примеры использования:

A low-fat diet can reduce the risk of heart disease., grunn employs 17,900 people, but that number …

noun

A painful feeling of humiliation or distress caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behaviour.

Примеры использования:

She was hot with shame

verb

Make (someone) feel ashamed.

Примеры использования:

I tried to shame him into giving some away

exclamation

Used to express sentimental pleasure, especially at something small and endearing.

Примеры использования:

Look at the foals—shame, aren't they sweet?