"each confession brought her into an attitude of abasement"
1.丢脸;（尤指）落泊,堕落
You usedegradation to refer to a situation, condition, or experience which you consider shameful and disgusting, especially one which involves poverty or immorality.
degradation的解释
e.g. They were sickened by the scenes of misery anddegradation they found...
目睹困苦、潦倒的景象，他们感到心里极不舒服。
e.g. She described the degradations she had been forced to suffer.
她描述了自己被迫经受的屈辱。
2.恶化;变糟;衰退
degradation is the process of something becoming worse or weaker, or being made worse or weaker.
e.g. I feel this signals thedegradation of American culture.
我觉得这标志了美国文化的没落。
3.(土地或环境的)退化
Thedegradation of land or of the environment is the process of its becoming damaged and poorer, for example because of the effects of pollution, industry, and modern agricultural methods.
e.g. There are serious problems of landdegradation in some arid zones.
在一些干旱地带存在严重的土地退化问题。
e.g. ...the acceleratingdegradation of our planet's natural environment.
地球上自然环境的加速退化
4.降解
In science, thedegradation of a substance is the process of its breaking down into its separate parts or elements.
e.g. ...thedegradation of salicylic acid in plants.
植物中水杨酸的降解
1. 退化：该系统是针对高温组件测试设计,可以用来测试陶瓷膜,电极,密封,催化剂以及完整的固体氧化物燃料电池膜电极及短电堆(short stacks). 该系统是分析耐用性(durability)及退化(degradation)等材料及组件特性的理想平台
2. degradation
2. 降级：在这里,损耗诱导降级与拉曼诱导降级(degradation)之间达到了一种平衡. 图中显示,CNR曲线在感爱好的距离上都比较平坦,可以预期对业务的影响是比较小的. 在那些需要额外盈余(margin)的地方,有一种非常简单的方法来减少拉曼效应所带来的影响.
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3. 降解：为了确保该循环的顺利运行,降解(degradation)和合成(synthesis)学状态之中. 在这个均衡稳定的系统(homeostatic system)中,大量的有机化合物被的主体部分. 为了确保该循环的顺利运行,降解(degradation)和合成(synthesis)
4. 劣化：美国认为,伴随着核电站的高服役期,安全壳的腐蚀(corrosion)和劣化(degradation)现象的发生率呈增加趋势. 与钢制和混凝土制安全壳有关的老化研究计划主要有: (1)核电厂老化研究(NPAR)计划; (2)构筑物老化研究(SAG)计划;
被关进监狱的落泊境况
environmental degradation环境恶化
...the degradation of salicylic acid in plants.植物中水杨酸的降解
She described the degradations she had been forced to suffer.她描述了自己被迫经受的屈辱。
I feel this signals the degradation of American culture.我觉得这标志了美国文化的没落。
There are serious problems of land degradation in some arid zones.在一些干旱地带存在严重的土地退化问题。
...the accelerating degradation of our planet's natural environment.地球上自然环境的加速退化
They were sickened by the scenes of misery and degradation they found...目睹困苦、潦倒的景象，他们感到心里极不舒服。
The PBC degradation particles and related active phagocytotic activity have been noted.陶瓷产生的降解颗粒及诱发的细胞吞噬反应必须引起注意.
Abuse of fertilizer is one of the causes of environmental pollution and the degradation of products.滥施肥料是造成环境污染、农产品质量下降的原因.
Light could accelerate the degradation of BA.光照可加速溴乙酰胺的降解.
The shortage of the theory in anaerobic degradation of organic waste was pointed out.提出了当前有机垃圾厌氧降解理论上的不足.
Does anything slow or accelerate probe degradation?任何东西减慢或加速探测器的更新换代?
The phenomenon of sinter degradation takes place in upper shaft of blast furnaces.烧结矿在高炉炉身上部会发生低温还原粉化现象.
The synthetic mutant was identified by Edman degradation and ESI ( electrospray ionization ) mass spectrometry.合成的突变体用 Edman 降解和电喷雾质谱法进行鉴定.
Ecological degradation of mountains not only is an ecological problem, but also is an economic problem.山地生态系统的退化不仅是一个生态问题, 也是一个经济问题.
A condition of degradation or baseness.堕落堕落或''.'下贱'. ''的状态.
Measurement noise of sensor in guidance system is the main cause of degradation of guidance performance.测试信息不完备、测量噪声等因素是制约结构损伤识别方法应用的主要难点.
The results showed that the oxide degradation accorded with the dynamic theory of random degradation.实验结果显示均相条件下壳聚糖的氧化降解符合无规降解动力学规律.
The main degradation methods of chitosan and the preparation of oligochitosan by oxidative degradation were discussed.讨论了壳聚糖的主要降解方法及使用氧化降解法制备低聚壳聚糖的情况.
Microbial degradation is one of the most important degradation pathways of sulfonylurea herbicides.微生物降解是磺酰脲类除草剂降解的重要途径之一.
Reduction degradation Index ( RDI ) is an important index of metallurgical properties for sinter.还原粉化指数 ( RDI ) 是烧结矿的一个重要冶金性能指标.
Moreover, hot carriers degradation under dynamic stress and degradation in some special structured devices also presented.此外, 文中还介绍了交流应力下的热载流子退化现象,以及在一些特殊器件结构中的退化现象.
At present, regional poverty and ecological degradation form a vicious circle.目前, 区域贫困和生态环境退化已形成了恶性循环.
For the study of information degradation , Orrin E.信息过载也给信息选择带来了沉重负担.
Gambling is always coupled with degradation.赌博总是与堕落相联系.
Correlations relating spray properties to the degradation of jet properties have not yet been devised.至于喷雾特性对射流参数的影响,到目前为止尚不清楚.
Instead, coral degradation accelerated and new coral growth dropped to near zero.而情况却恰恰相反, 珊瑚礁加速衰退,新生珊瑚的生长速度几乎降为零.
The bacterium could adapt to a broad pH range for PVA degradation.该菌降解聚乙烯醇要求的pH范围较宽.
Nothing can tend more to every kind of..degradation than the vice of gin-drinking.
出自：B. C. BrodieWar..was the degradation of all civilized ideals.
出自：P. H. Gibbs
