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degradation 音標拼音: [d ,ɛgrəd'eʃən] n. 降格,墮落,退化 降格,墮落,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. [ 1913 Webster] The . . . degradation of a needy man of letters. -- Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster] Deplorable is the degradation of our nature. -- South. [ 1913 Webster] Moments there frequently must be, when a sinner is sensible of the degradation of his state. -- Blair. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, or value; degeneration; deterioration. [ 1913 Webster] The development and degradation of the alphabetic forms can be traced. -- I. Taylor ( The Alphabet). [ 1913 Webster] 4. ( Geol.) A gradual wearing down or wasting, as of rocks and banks, by the action of water, frost etc. [ 1913 Webster] 5. ( Biol.) The state or condition of a species or group which exhibits degraded forms; degeneration. [ 1913 Webster] The degradation of the species man is observed in some of its varieties. -- Dana. [ 1913 Webster] 6. ( Physiol.) Arrest of development, or degeneration of any organ, or of the body as a whole. [ 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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