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debased

/dih-beys/US // dɪˈbeɪs //UK // (dɪˈbeɪs) //

贬低,贬低的,贬值的,贬值

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v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    de·based, de·bas·ing.

    • : to reduce in quality or value; adulterate: They debased the value of the dollar.
    • : to lower in rank, dignity, or significance: He wouldn't debase himself by doing manual labor.

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Examples

  • Criminals and gangs were thought to be motivated by a debased sense of honor or a simple desire to seize property.

  • We see the bad with the good, the debased and decadent with the sound and vital.

  • And it makes you wonder if journalism has not been so debased that foreign policy has become impossible.

  • The whole world of criticism and reviewing has been debased because the critic now is pressured to perform as part publicist.

  • As for the charge of class warfare, clearly the bar has been lowered and the term debased.

  • And man hath bowed himself down, and man hath been debased: therefore forgive them not.

  • Thou hast sent thy messengers far off, and wast debased even to hell.

  • Of course, high-toned infidels do not consider themselves as debased as the natives of India.

  • The sculpture and frescoes of the period of course exhibited the depraved taste and debased execution of the times.

  • Much of the architecture, however, is debased, indicating the decline and eclipse of art in the fifth or sixth century.