degradation

【发音】

美 /,dɛɡrə'deʃən/ 英 /,degrə'deɪʃ(ə)n/

【翻译】

1. n.降级；退化；衰变

   英释:the process by which something changes to a worse condition

【短语】

1. environmental degradation : 环境退化；环境质量下降

2. degradation mechanism : 老化机构；降解机制

3. thermal degradation : [化]热降解

4. microbial degradation : 微生物降解（作用）

5. soil degradation : 土壤退化；土壤破坏

6. oxidative degradation : [化]氧化降解；氧化降解作用

7. degradation product : 降级产品，降解产物

8. degradation reaction : 降解反应

9. enzymatic degradation : 酶催降解，酶促降解

10. biochemical degradation : 生物化学降解

11. microbiological degradation : 微生物降解

【例句】

1. ...air pollution, traffic congestion, and the steady degradation of our quality of life.

   …空气污染、交通阻塞以及我们生活质量的持续恶化。

【真题例句】

1. (2016.6 • CET6 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...produced several such examples from Africa and Asia; it also demonstrated that environmental degradation affects the poor more than the rich...

2. (2013.6 • CET6 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...that these extracurricular jobs were an effort on the part of the workers to regain their dignity after suffering the degradation of repetitive assembly line work in the factory...

【同、近义词】

1. n.[生物]退化；降格，[电子]降级；堕落

   regression/corruption/deterioration/degeneration/

【同根词】

1. adj

   degraded : 退化的；堕落的；被降级的

   degrading : 可耻的；丧失体面的；不名誉的

2. n

   degrader : 降能器

3. v

   degraded : 分解（degrade的过去分词）；降低…的身份；削减

   degrading : 退化（degrade的ing形式）；减少；降低…的身份

4. vi

   degrade : 降级，降低；退化

5. vt

   degrade : 贬低；使……丢脸；使……降级；使……降解