the degradation of being sent to prison是什么意思？

the degradation of being sent to prison

被关进监狱的落泊境况

the

art. 指已提到的人（物），指说话人与听者已知的人（物），用于独一无二的事物前，与形容词最高级和序数词连用；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

degradation

n. 堕落，潦倒，毁坏，恶化；

例句
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。

of

prep. 关于，属于…的，由…制成；aux. 助动词 [非标准用语、方言] =have [主用于虚拟语气]；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

being

n. 存在，生物，人，要素，本质；

例句
...expensive make-up that we saw being advertised by a beautiful model...
我们所见的由一位漂亮模特代言的昂贵化妆品

sent

v. 送( send的过去式和过去分词 )，使作出（某种反应），派遣，使进入（某状态）；

例句
I sent them more than 6,000 cartoons before I had my one and only acceptance by them...
我寄给他们6,000多幅漫画，最后才有1幅得以采用。

to

prep. 向，朝着，到，关于，属于；adv. 朝一个方向的，到某种状态，关闭；

例句
I suggest you leave it to an expert...
我建议你把它留给专家来解决。

prison

n. 监狱，牢笼，监禁，入狱；

例句
The prison authorities have been criticised for not moving more quickly to end the protest by inmates.
监狱当局因没有尽快采取行动制止犯人抗议而受到批评。