debase
v. 降低质量、地位或价值；贬低
名词：debasement 过去式：debased 过去分词：debased 现在分词：debasing 第三人称单数：debases
近义词：degrade，lower，shame，discredit，demote，abase，adulterate，corrupt，demoralize，defile，impair，sully，taint，tarnish，soil，humiliate，demean，humble，disgrace，impute，dishonor，dishonour，down，run，rundown，alloy，pervert，debauch，stretch，demoralise，vitiate，subvert，load，profane，misdirect，deprave，dilute，elevate，
英英释义
Verb
- 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"
- lower in value by increasing the base-metal content
- 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.)
- 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。
- There exists an incentive to debase the currency.存在货币贬值的动机。
- 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。
- You debase yourself by telling such lies.你说这些谎话就降低了身份。