debase

• vt. 降低；使…贬值；掺杂
• n. (Debase)人名；(意)德巴塞

de-, 向下。base, 低，贱，词源同 base metal. 即使低贱，败坏名誉。

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"

debase (v.)

1560s, from de- "down" + base (adj.) "low," on analogy of abase (or, alternatively, from obsolete verb base "to abuse").

Sport is being debased by commercial sponsorship.

体育运动因受商业赞助而降低了声誉。

牛津词典

Politicians have debased the meaning of the word 'freedom'...

政客们贬低了“自由”一词的意义。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He said parliament and the process of democracy had been debased.

他说议会和民主程序已遭贬值。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

You must not debase yourself by such behavior.

你不可以这样的行为来降低自己的人格.

辞典例句

You debase yourself by telling such lies.

你说这些谎话就降低了身份.

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You must not debase yourself by such conduct.

你千万不要用这样的行为贬低你自己.

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Lower and debase myself for the amusement total strangers?

你这一步走得不错.-你 呢 ?

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If this goes on, it will debase Mao Zedong Thought.

这样搞下去, 要损害毛泽东思想.

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Cooling Obviously AAS 99 C can debase indoor temperature effectively.

降温效果明显:可有效降低室内温度.

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There exists an incentive to debase the currency.

存在货币贬值的动机.统治者会尽可能降低货币的含金量.

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He cannot say the poem is bad already, want to debase that individual again.

他既不能说诗不好, 又想贬低那个人.

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The decay of Information value due to time delay would debase the information utilities.

信息价值因为延时而衰减,从而降低使用信息所能达到的效果.

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Lower and debase myself for the amusement of strangers?

丑化自己去娱乐那些我完全不认识的人?

电影对白

For a man will not debase himself by work, which requires neither skill nor courage.

一个人不会因既不要求技巧也不要求勇气的工作而贬低自己.

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