单词degradation
n.: 退化；降低；降级；冲刷
网络: 降解；劣化；降格
堕落；落魄，潦倒（的境况）:
a situation in which sb has lost all self-respect and the respect of other people
毁坏，恶化（过程）:
the process of sth being damaged or made worse
陵夷作用
【地质学,地理学】(地表的)剥蚀
【物理学】(能的)退降
【化学】降解,递降分解(作用)
屈辱,辱没,屈辱性
冲刷
出丑,变劣
降级,免职
〔电视〕老化,(图象)劣化,〔技〕能谱软化,能量衰变
地位下降,降低,减少,减削作用
退化,堕落
复数：degradations
n.humiliationdisgraceshamemortificationmisery
Heathcliff bore his degradation pretty well at first, because Cathy taught him what she learnt, and worked or played with him in the fields.
起初这孩子还很能忍受他的降级，因为凯蒂把她所学的都教给他，还陪他在地里干活或玩耍。
Due to the fact that there are multiple hops to get to the target database, it is possible that there might be some performance degradation.
由于到达目标数据库之前有多个跃点（hop），所以性能可能会有一些下降。
Historical lessons tell us that environmental degradation has always been a factor in social collapses.
历史教训告诉我们，环境恶化总是文明崩溃的一个前提。
He said the hydro-electric project has caused conflicts over land shortages and environmental degradation caused by irrational development.
他说，三峡水电站工程导致了土地缺乏的冲突矛盾和不合理开发造成的生态退化。
The simulational results also show that the degradation of gain induced by surface effects can be slowed down in a gradual base structure.
模拟还表明基区缓变结构可以减少表面复合，提高电流增益。
He says there is an over-emphasis on climate change as the only form of environmental degradation that poses challenges to the planet.
他称如今有一种把气候变化作为环境退化唯一方式而过分强调的趋势。环境退化对我们的星球提出了挑战。
Choi Fung said the "use after automatically decomposed plastic sheeting, " is actually a degradation of plastic sheeting.
彩峰说，“使用后，自动分解塑料薄膜，”其实是一个退化的塑料布。
However, with such a degradation rate, in a few days the application cannot handle any load with reasonable response times.
然而，如果存在这样的降低速度，几天以后该应用程序将不能以合理的响应时间处理任何负载。
As a result, governments began to see pollution and the degradation of natural resources as critical factors in the economy, he adds.
因此，政府开始把污染和自然资源恶化问题看作经济中的重要因素，他补充道。
In her growing degradation, Emma began to realize that she had brought her lover down with her.
随着自己的不断堕落，爱玛开始认识到她把情夫也拖了下去。