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debase

debase
[英] [dɪˈbeɪs] [美] [dɪˈbes] 生词本

vt.

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  • 英英释义

1. VERB 降低…的价值（或质量）；使贬值 To debase something means to reduce its value or quality. 

  • Politicians have debased the meaning of the word 'freedom'...

    政客们贬低了“自由”一词的意义。

  • He said parliament and the process of democracy had been debased.

    他说议会和民主程序已遭贬值。

debased

  • ...the debased standards of today's media.

    当今媒体下滑的水准

Verb

1. corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality;

  • "debauch the young people with wine and women"
  • "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"
  • "Do school counselors subvert young children?"
  • "corrupt the morals"

2. lower in value by increasing the base-metal content

3. corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones;

  • "adulterate liquor"