de-, 向下。grade, 层级。即降级。

1. A dishonest action like that will degrade you.

像这样不诚实的行为会使你降低身份.

2. Don't degrade yourself by answering him.

不要自贬身分去搭理他.

3. You degrade yourself when you tell a lie.

说谎会贬低自己的身分.

4. When I asked him if he had ever been to a prostitute he said he wouldn't degrade himself like that.

我问他是否找过妓女时，他说他不会自贬身份去干那种事情。

5. For some reason our balancing reflexes degrade with age.

我们的平衡反射,由于某种原因,随着年龄的增长而退化.