Something that degrades someone causes people to have less respect for them.
例句
...the notion that pornography degrades women...認為色情作品有辱女性尊嚴的觀念When I asked him if he had ever been to a prostitute he said he wouldn't degrade himself like that.我問他是否找過妓女時，他說他不會自貶身份去干那種事情。
VERB
使惡化;使退化
To degrade something means to cause it to get worse.
例句
...the ability to meet human needs indefinitely without degrading the environment.無限制地滿足人類需求而不造成環境退化的能力
V-ERG
（使）降解
In science, if a substance degrades or if something degrades it, it changes chemically and decays or separates into different substances.
例句
This substance degrades rapidly in the soil.這種物質在土壤里會迅速降解。...the ability of these enzymes to degrade cellulose.這些酶降解纖維素的能力
英漢詞典釋義
vt.
使降級, 使降低身份
Don't degrade yourself by answering him.不要自貶身分去搭理他。
使丟臉
It was very degrading to be punished in front of the whole class.在全班同學面前受罰是非常丟臉的。
英英詞典釋義
Verb
1. reduce the level of land, as by erosion
2. reduce in worth or character, usually verbally;
"She tends to put down younger women colleagues""His critics took him down after the lecture"