Word · CEFR C1 · Frequency #32980
degrading
/dɪˈɡreɪdɪŋ/
noun
侵蚀；土地退化
the lowering of the level of land, as by erosion
- 1.
An act or process of degradation.
降级的行为或过程
降级的行为或过程
In use
Being asked to clean the floor in front of everyone was a degrading experience.
He refused to do the degrading work of copying files for his boss all day.
She found the dress code degrading to women.
be degrading
The working conditions were degrading.
工作条件有辱人格。
find sth degrading
She found the jokes degrading.
她觉得这些笑话有辱人格。
degrading + noun
They lived in degrading poverty.
他们生活在令人蒙羞的贫困中。
Common mistakes
Working in such conditions is degrading me.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’。
I felt degrading when they ignored me.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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Learner notes
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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