4周搞定2000+托福核心词
decayed = de(下面) + cay(落下) + ed(形容词) = 落下→向下掉→衰退的,腐烂的
decay = de(下面) + cay(落下) = 向下掉→衰退
centigrad = centi(一百) + grad(步) = 百分的
gradient = grad(步) + ient(表名词) = 要一步步走上去→坡度
accuse = ac(加强) + caus(理由) + e(动词后缀) = 指责
admiree = ad(强化) + mir(惊奇) + e(动词后缀) = 钦佩;赞美
向下走→降低
degrade
常考释义
Certain irrigation practices degrade soil quality and reduce agricultural productivity.
有些灌溉系统破坏了土壤的质量,从而导致农业产量下降。
来源于:剑雅7-Test1v. 【物理学】使(能量)降级,使衰减;使弱化
Dark pulses don't degrade or bleed nearly as much as light pulses do, said Mirin.
“暗脉冲则不会被降低或者散开,几乎和产生光脉冲一样。”梅林说道。
Are they degrading, according to the norms of the time?
他们是否随时间推移而逐渐消退?
来自《1600年后西方社会的流行病第12集》
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v. 【生物学】使退化
While the brain's plasticity begins to degrade in later life, it may never be too late to teach an old brain new tricks.
因为大脑的可塑性在生命晚期开始退化,所以什么时候教一个老人新技巧都不显得太晚。
v. (尤指作为惩罚)使降职,使免职,撤销学位(或称号等);贬黜:
He was degraded from director to assistant director.
他由局长降为助理局长。
v. 使(品格、质量等)低落,使降格;降低…的质量(或品格),使卑微、使堕落
Once the lock list is full, performance can degrade because lock escalation generates more table locks and fewer row locks, thus reducing concurrency on shared objects in the database.
一旦锁列表满了,由于锁升级生成更多的表锁和更少的行锁,因此减少了数据库中共享对象的并发性,从而降低了性能。
v. 降低…的身份,使失体面,使失尊严,使丧失名誉,使(评价)降低;使受屈辱,有辱…的人格,使丢脸:
She felt he was degrading her by making her report to the director.
她感到他让她向主管人报告是在侮辱她。
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