n.[U]

1. 下降，降低；降級
   Donald Trump's utterance of sexually predatory remarks is a degradation of his personality.

   川普說出性掠奪的話是對他人格的降級。

2. 墮落；丟臉
   moral degradation

   道德墮落

3. 【地】陵削，剝蝕
4. 【宗】革除神職

n.

1. the condition or process of degrading or being degraded.
2. Geology  the wearing down of rock by disintegration.