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
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- Sport is being debased by commercial sponsorship.
体育运动因受商业赞助而降低了声誉。
- Sport is being debased by commercial sponsorship.
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.- Politicians have debased the meaning of the word 'freedom'...
政客们贬低了“自由”一词的意义。 - He said parliament and the process of democracy had been debased.
他说议会和民主程序已遭贬值。
- Politicians have debased the meaning of the word 'freedom'...
英英释义
verb
- corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance
- adulterate liquor
- lower in value by increasing the base-metal content
- 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
双语例句
- Only central bank "hydrants" stop runs, but they ultimately debase the currency.
只有各央行的“消防龙头”才能灭火,但这最终会让货币贬值。 - Politicians have debased the meaning of the word 'freedom'
政客们贬低了“自由”一词的意义。 - But admittedly it's difficult to debase sensibly with people who have no common background or understanding of the subject.
但是,不可否认,我们很难有效地降低那些对SchH没有基本常识和理解的人们。 - 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。 - 'We didn't mean to debase our nationals, but sometimes they have gone too far', one employee said.
我们没有贬低国人的意思,但是有时候他们做的太过分了,一名雇员说道。 - He said parliament and the process of democracy had been debased.
他说议会和民主程序已遭贬值。 - China will keep on helping out, they say, though it knows the US will have to debase the dollar.
他们表示,中国将继续提供帮助,尽管中国知道美国将不得不让美元贬值。 - To debase the class stand of the party, to obscure its distinctive features, to sacrifice the interests of the workers and peasants to suit the needs of bourgeois reformism, is sure to lead the revolution to defeat.
降低党的立场,模糊党的面目,牺牲工农利益去适合资产阶级改良主义的要求,将必然引导革命趋于失败。 - New style lifting presser foot is very easy and reliable, can debase the malfunction rate greatly, and the operation is very convenient and agile;
简单可靠的新型抬压脚结构,大大降低故障率,操作方便灵活。 - 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。