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

• 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。
• The word "sale" has been debased by shops who hold sales at all times of the year.
  减价一词因那些一年到头都在减价的商店而被贬低了含义。
• What followed was a spiralling proliferation of increasingly spurious credit instruments denominated in a debased currency.
  随之而来的是欺骗性越来越强的信贷工具呈螺旋式扩散，这些信贷工具是以一种贬值的货币计价的。
• To some, this is yet another case of debased government figures.
  对一些人而言，这又只是一个被政府加工过的数据而已。
• ( of language) not having its purity or excellence debased.
  （用于语言）纯度或优点没有降低的。
• For Orwell, writing in the 1940s, the language of politics was the most debased.
  奥威尔在上世纪40年代写道，政治语言最为低下。
• You just completely debased and humiliated him.
  你彻底贬低侮辱了他。
• 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 Gang of Four really debased our standards of social conduct.
  现在，四人帮确实把我们的风气搞坏了。
• Politicians have debased the meaning of the word 'freedom'
  政客们贬低了“自由”一词的意义。