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

• You must not debase yourself by such conduct.
  你千万不要用这样的行为贬低你自己。
• There exists an incentive to debase the currency. The country's present difficulties arise from the reduced value of its money.
  存在货币贬值的动机。统治者会尽可能降低货币的含金量。国家目前的困难是因为货币贬值引起的。
• If you can't pay your debts, debase your currency.
  如果你不能还债，那就把降低币值。
• In track cycling, there are some ways to punish: admonition, penalize time, fine, and debase class.
  在自行车运动中，违规罚责有：警告、罚时间、罚款和降低名次。
• 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。
• Using protection cast process in the whole course to debase the content of gas and inclusion.
  采用全程保护浇注工艺降低气体和夹杂物含量；
• Yet it seems counter-intuitive that bond markets, with their traditional fear of inflation, should punish a country for not being able to debase its currency.
  不过，向来害怕通胀的债券市场应该因为一国无法使本币贬值而惩罚它，这听起来似乎有违常理。
• The second is to upgrade the value of some texts, and debase the others by classification, and comment on his writing afresh.
  二是通过分类，提升某些文本的价值，淡化另一些文本的意义，对其创作的定位进行重新评述。
• The aim of job shop scheduling optimization is not only to reduce makespan, to improve production efficiency, but also to debase operating cost as a important factor.
  采用改进的遗传算法结合神经网络，以生产周期和生产费用为双目标，实施调度优化。
• He said parliament and the process of democracy had been debased.
  他说议会和民主程序已遭贬值。