debase基本解释
v.降低质量、地位或价值;贬低
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名词: debasement 过去式: debased 过去分词: debased 现在分词: debasing 第三人称单数: debases
基本词汇
v.降低质量、地位或价值;贬低
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名词: debasement 过去式: debased 过去分词: debased 现在分词: debasing 第三人称单数: debases
verb
1. corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance
often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
e.g. adulterate liquor
Synonym: loadadulteratestretchdilute
2. lower in value by increasing the base-metal content
Synonym: alloy
3. corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
e.g. debauch the young people with wine and women
Socrates was accused of corrupting young men
Do school counselors subvert young children?
corrupt the morals
Synonym: corruptpervertsubvertdemoralizedemoralisedebauchprofanevitiatedepravemisdirect
1. 降低…的价值(或质量);使贬值
To debase something means to reduce its value or quality.
e.g. Politicians have debased the meaning of the word 'freedom'...
政客们贬低了“自由”一词的意义。
e.g. He said parliament and the process of democracy had been debased.
他说议会和民主程序已遭贬值。
1. debase是什么意思
1. 贬低:debar 禁止 | debase 贬低 | debate 讨论,争论
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2. 质量变坏:质量比电阻 mass specific resistance | 质量变坏 debase | 质量标度 mass scale
3. 贬低,贬损:basement 地下室 | debase 贬低,贬损 | mansion 大厦
4. 贬低,降低:defend防护, 辩护, 防卫, [律]作...的辩护律师 | debase 贬低,降低 | deadline最终期限
Words which convey ideas of dignity..are in time debased.
出自:S. JohnsonThey simply resented their stepfather..as a debased version of human existence.
出自:I. Murdoch