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

• 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。
• The currency might also suffer if investors feared it was being debased.
  一旦投资者担心某国货币贬值，汇率也可能受到影响。
• 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。
• You just completely debased and humiliated him.
  你彻底贬低侮辱了他。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• A debased or despised condition.
  卑微或受鄙视的状态卑鄙的贪婪、唯利是图。
• 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。