degrade

vt.
1. reduce in rank. lower in rank把…降级。
△1H.VI.41.42:“And should,if I were worthy to be judge,/ Bequite degraded.”如果我有资格裁判的话，他就应该被彻底降级。
2. depose废黜。
△3H.VI.4.3.31 (32): “When youdisgraced me in my embassade,/ Then I degraded youfrom being King / And come now to create you Dukeof York.”我出使国外你侮辱了我，我就废黜你的国王身，现在再把你封为约克公爵。

degrade[diˈgreid]

v.降低，减少，退化，衰变
◇be degraded into递降为…
‖ degraded colour暗色
degraded image不清晰图像
degraded picture递绛画面
degraded products次品
degrading punishment羞辱刑