debase

英 [dɪˈbeɪs]

美 [dɪˈbeɪs]

v.  降低…的价值; 败坏…的名誉

过去分词：debased　现在分词：debasing　过去式：debased　第三人称单数：debases　

GRETEM8

BNC.22131 / COCA.22355

牛津词典

verb

• 降低…的价值；败坏…的名誉
  to make sb/sth less valuable or respected
  1. Sport is being debased by commercial sponsorship.
     体育运动因受商业赞助而降低了声誉。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 降低…的价值（或质量）；使贬值
  Todebasesomething means to reduce its value or quality.
  1. Politicians have debased the meaning of the word 'freedom'...
     政客们贬低了“自由”一词的意义。
  2. He said parliament and the process of democracy had been debased.
     他说议会和民主程序已遭贬值。

英英释义

verb

• corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance
  1. adulterate liquor
  Synonym:loadadulteratestretchdilute
• lower in value by increasing the base-metal content
  Synonym:alloy
• corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
  1. debauch the young people with wine and women
  2. Socrates was accused of corrupting young men
  3. Do school counselors subvert young children?
  4. corrupt the morals
  Synonym:corruptpervertsubvertdemoralizedemoralisedebauchprofanevitiatedepravemisdirect

双语例句

• To debase the class stand of the party, to obscure its distinctive features, to sacrifice the interests of the workers and peasants to suit the needs of bourgeois reformism, is sure to lead the revolution to defeat.
  降低党的立场，模糊党的面目，牺牲工农利益去适合资产阶级改良主义的要求，将必然引导革命趋于失败。
• If you debase the quantity and deliver goods of imperfect goods to us, we will refuse to accept them.
  如果贵公司降低品质并且发送有质量问题的货品给我们，我们将拒收。
• Lower and debase myself for the amusement of strangers?
  丑化自己去娱乐那些我完全不认识的人？
• This week he accused Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve, of devising an "almost treasonous" plan to debase the dollar, a common concern among tea-party types.
  这星期他控告美联储的主席本南柯以一个基本不忠的计划使美元贬值，这在茶话会上是一个普遍的担忧。
• Yet it seems counter-intuitive that bond markets, with their traditional fear of inflation, should punish a country for not being able to debase its currency.
  不过，向来害怕通胀的债券市场应该因为一国无法使本币贬值而惩罚它，这听起来似乎有违常理。
• New style lifting presser foot is very easy and reliable, can debase the malfunction rate greatly, and the operation is very convenient and agile;
  简单可靠的新型抬压脚结构，大大降低故障率，操作方便灵活。
• This is liable to alienate them from the masses and the lower-ranking cadres, and even to corrupt their family members, debase the general standard of social conduct and make it impossible to overcome bureaucracy.
  这样就要脱离群众，脱离干部，甚至腐蚀自己的子女和家庭，把风气带坏了，官僚主义也无法克服。
• Only central bank "hydrants" stop runs, but they ultimately debase the currency.
  只有各央行的“消防龙头”才能灭火，但这最终会让货币贬值。
• It would be wrong to fail to realize this and to debase the politics and the statesmen of the proletariat.
  不认识这一点，把无产阶级的政治和政治家庸俗化，是不对的。
• At the same time, the negative effect of some illegal advertisements becomes the focus of public debase.
  与此同时，一些违法广告的负面影响问题更成为争论的焦点。