debased

英 [dɪˈbeɪst]

美 [dɪˈbeɪst]

v.  降低…的价值; 败坏…的名誉
debase的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：debased　过去式：debased　

BNC.34639 / COCA.29108

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

adj

• ruined in character or quality
  Synonym:corruptedvitiated
• lowered in value
  1. the dollar is low
  2. a debased currency
  Synonym:devalueddegraded
• mixed with impurities
  Synonym:adulterateadulterated

双语例句

• Politicians have debased the meaning of the word 'freedom'
  政客们贬低了“自由”一词的意义。
• Yes, that's the d'Urberville nose and chin-a little debased.
  不错，这正是德贝维尔家族的鼻子和下巴&但有一点儿衰落。
• Fortune-telling is a very much debased art surrounded by superstition
  算命是一种非常低级的把戏，充满了迷信色彩。
• And the miners were debased by the poverty that eroded ambition and pride. Social security system can be set up gradually in regions with good conditions so as to reduce the rate of falling back to poverty again.
  因为穷困，矿工们的身价降低了，他们的雄心和骄傲也被贫穷所侵蚀。有条件的地方，逐步建立社会保障制度，降低返贫率。
• Sport is being debased by commercial sponsorship.
  体育运动因受商业赞助而降低了声誉。
• It's completely wrong to say that football is boring. ( of language) not having its purity or excellence debased.
  说足球没意思，那纯属胡言乱语。（用于语言）纯度或优点没有降低的。
• They have debased and defiled the purity of the tongue.
  他们亵渎玷污了这种语言的纯洁性。
• And man hath bowed himself down, and man hath been debased: therefore forgive them not.
  如此，人自甘卑下，自甘堕落，对他们决无救援。
• He said parliament and the process of democracy had been debased.
  他说议会和民主程序已遭贬值。
• The young in particular see him as a man who will not sell out or be debased by the compromises of politics
  年轻人更是把他看作一位坚持原则、不会为了政治上的妥协而卑躬屈膝的人。