"She tends to put down younger women colleagues"
"His critics took him down after the lecture"
The major was degraded for disobeying orders.
这个少校因不服从命令而被降级。
He was degraded for being drunk and disorderly.
他因酗酒和妨碍治安而受到降级处分。
He was degraded from office, rank for his dereliction of duty.
他因渎职而被降级。
His dishonest action degraded him into a loner.
他因行为不轨以致没人愿与他来往。
This degraded him into a beggar.
这使他沦为乞丐。
He was degraded to a mere member.
他被降为仅是会员而已。