英语词汇“debase”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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 FAMILY

debase: debased, debasement, debaser, debases, debasing+/debasement: debasements/debaser: debasers/debasing: debasingly

USAGE EXAMPLES

Douglas 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, sophisticate

alter 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

infect

corrupt with ideas or an ideology

lead astray, lead off

teach immoral behavior to

poison

spoil as if by poison

bastardise, bastardize

change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms

suborn

incite to commit a crime or an evil deed

alter, change, modify

cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

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 FAMILY debase: debased, debasement, debaser, debases, debasing+/debasement: debasements/debaser: debasers/debasing: debasingly USAGE EXAMPLES Douglas 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, sophisticate alter 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 infect corrupt with ideas or an ideology lead astray, lead off teach immoral behavior to poison spoil as if by poison bastardise, bastardize change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms suborn incite to commit a crime or an evil deed alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
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