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

• 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。
• 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。
• If you can't pay your debts, debase your currency.
  如果你不能还债，那就把降低币值。
• Fried fast food restaurant in Hamburg is not debase themselves, your grandparents fried Hamburg right is completely different from the definition.
  在速食店煎个汉堡并不是作贱自己，你的祖父母对煎汉堡有完全不同的定义。
• 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。
• You debase yourself by telling such lies.
  你说这些谎话就降低了身份。
• 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。
• For a man will not debase himself by work, which requires neither skill nor courage. ( No.187)
  一个人不会因既不要求技巧也不要求勇气的工作而贬低自己。
• 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？
• Vulgarly outrageous movies debase the taste of the people.
  庸俗的暴力电影，降低了人们的欣赏品位。