| 单词 | debase |
| 释义 | debase (once / 1656 pages) v To debase something is to make it corrupt or impure. If your lemonade stand sells “pure lemonade,” you’d insist on using real lemons instead of a mix; using a mix would debase your product. Debase is often used in the context of two things: coins and people. To debase a coin is to replace some of the precious metal in the coin with metal of lesser value. To debase a person is to corrupt them, often by driving them to perform an immoral act like (gasp!) using the lemonade mix. Just promise us you won’t do it. WORD FAMILYdebase: debased, debasement, debaser, debases, debasing+/debasement: debasements/debaser: debasers/debasing: debasingly USAGE EXAMPLESDouglas Murray, an associate editor at The Spectator magazine, says the word is so debased in reality it only conveys one impression. BBC(Dec 28, 2016) He is the grotesque embodiment of how Westworld debases a man over time, and “The Bicameral Mind” laughs heartily at his demise. New York Times(Dec 05, 2016) Now we’re to honor a president who made a career of debasing the presidency? The Guardian(Nov 23, 2016) 1v corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones Syn|Hypo|Hyper adulterate, dilute, load, stretch extend, stretch increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance water down thin by adding water to doctor, doctor up, sophisticatealter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive corrupt, spoil alter from the original 2v lower in value by increasing the base-metal content Syn|Hyper alloy devalue lower the value or quality of 3v corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality Syn|Hypo|Hyper corrupt, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate carnalise, carnalize, sensualise, sensualize debase through carnal gratification infectcorrupt with ideas or an ideology lead astray, lead offteach immoral behavior to poisonspoil as if by poison bastardise, bastardizechange something so that its value declines; for example, art forms subornincite to commit a crime or an evil deed alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation |
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