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

• Except when Greek offered resistance, all natural languages had been forced to yield to a debased latin;
  凡在希腊语没有进行抵抗的地方，一切民族语言都不得不让位于被败坏的拉丁语；
• 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。
• 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。
• Sport is being debased by commercial sponsorship.
  体育运动因受商业赞助而降低了声誉。
• ( of language) not having its purity or excellence debased.
  （用于语言）纯度或优点没有降低的。
• Eclecticism flourished in the19th century and survived, though much debased, in gated communities and suburban tract housing.
  折衷主义风格流行于19世纪，尽管贬低了很多，但还是存活了下来，出现在现代防卫型社区和郊外屋村住宅中。
• Mine is a debased condition, but is at least perfectly normal.
  我这种状况有些粗鄙，但至少是非常正常的。
• He said parliament and the process of democracy had been debased.
  他说议会和民主程序已遭贬值。
• Taxes were regularized, tariffs lifted, private mints abolished and the debased currency restored.
  税收调整了，关税提高了，私人造币厂废除了，贬值货币恢复了。
• 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。