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1 degrade
[dɪ'greɪd]гл.1) унижать; подрывать авторитет; позоритьto degrade smb. — унизить кого-л.
It would degrade me to marry him. — Брак с ним был бы для меня унизительным.
The whole was a concerted scheme to depress and degrade every member of the Waverley family. (W. Scott) — Это был хорошо скоординированный план, рассчитанный на то, чтобы подавить и унизить каждого члена семьи Уэверли.
You can't help thinking badly of any man who would degrade himself like that. — Невозможно хорошо относиться к человеку, который так унижается.
He did not name names but said chefs who appeared on television shows degraded the profession. — Он не называл имён, но сказал, что повара, которые участвуют в развлекательных телепрограммах, позорят свою профессию.
Syn:2) книжн.Syn:б) понижать, снижать, убавлять (цену, силу)He proposed to degrade prices instead of aiming to sustain them. — Он предложил понизить цены, вместо того чтобы стараться сохранить их на том же уровне.
Syn:3) хим.а) разлагать, вызывать распадIn fact, compounds such as DDT, PCBs, and asphalt were purposefully designed not to be degraded by microorganisms in the environment. — Между прочим, такие соединения как ДДТ, ПХБ и асфальт были специально рассчитаны на то, чтобы не разлагаться под воздействием природных микроорганизмов.
б) разлагаться, распадатьсяMany vitamins begin to degrade within a week after picking. — Многие витамины начинают разрушаться в течение недели после сбора.
Some fire retardants degrade into toxic compounds. — Некоторые ингибиторы горения образуют при распаде ядовитые соединения.
•Syn:4) уст. понижать в звании, ранге, статусе; разжаловать; лишать санаHe was formally degraded from the priesthood. — Он был официально лишён духовного сана.
Syn:5) геол. размывать, разрушать6) биол. деградировать
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