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be degrading
The working conditions were degrading.
工作条件有辱人格。
侵蚀；土地退化
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侵蚀；土地退化
the lowering of the level of land, as by erosion
The working conditions were degrading.
工作条件有辱人格。
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降级的行为或过程
An act or process of degradation.
Being asked to clean the floor in front of everyone was a degrading experience.
被要求当着大家的面擦地板是一次有辱人格的经历。
He refused to do the degrading work of copying files for his boss all day.
他拒绝整天为老板复印文件这份有辱人格的工作。
She found the dress code degrading to women.
她觉得这种着装规定有辱女性人格。
The working conditions were degrading.
工作条件有辱人格。
She found the jokes degrading.
她觉得这些笑话有辱人格。
They lived in degrading poverty.
他们生活在令人蒙羞的贫困中。
Not this
Working in such conditions is degrading me.
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Working in such conditions is degrading.
将degrading误用作及物动词的现在分词形式，但在此语境中degrading是形容词，不能带宾语。应直接使用形容词形式，表示‘有辱人格的’。
Not this
I felt degrading when they ignored me.
Use this
I felt degraded when they ignored me.
混淆了现在分词形容词degrading和过去分词形容词degraded。degrading形容事物本身有辱人格，而degraded形容人感到丢脸或受辱。此处主语是人，应使用degraded表示主观感受。
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