debase

英 [dɪ'beɪs] 美 [dɪ'beɪs]

• v. 降低质量、地位或价值；贬低

英英释义

Verb:

1. corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality;

   "debauch the young people with wine and women"
   "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"
   "Do school counselors subvert young children?"
   "corrupt the morals"
   

2. lower in value by increasing the base-metal content

3. corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones;

   "adulterate liquor"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. Sport is being debased by commercialism.
   体育运动的价值受商业化的影响而逐渐下降。
2. There exists an incentive to debase the currency.
   存在货币贬值的动机。
3. I think we can debase the price to get more market share.
   我认为我们可以通过降低价格来夺得更大的市场份额。
4. You debase yourself by telling such lies.
   你说这些谎话就降低了身份。

经典引文

• Words which convey ideas of dignity..are in time debased.

  出自： S. Johnson

• They simply resented their stepfather..as a debased version of human existence.

  出自： I. Murdoch

近反义词

【近义词】

• degrade 降格
• lower 低的
• shame 羞愧
• discredit 败坏…的名声...
• demote 降级
• abase 降低 ... 的地位...
• adulterate 搀 ... 使品质变劣...
• corrupt 腐败的
• demoralize 使士气低落
• defile 弄脏
• impair 损害
• sully 玷污
• taint 污点
• tarnish 晦暗
• soil 土地
• humiliate 使 ... 蒙羞
• demean 贬低
• humble 谦逊的
• disgrace 耻辱
• impute 归罪于
• dishonor 不名誉
• dishonour 不名誉
• down 向下
• run 跑
• run down 撞倒
• alloy 合金
• pervert 误用
• debauch 使堕落
• stretch 伸展
• demoralise 使堕落
• vitiate 使败坏
• subvert 推翻
• load 负荷
• profane 亵渎的
• misdirect 指错方向
• deprave 使堕落
• dilute 稀释

【反义词】

• elevate 举起