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debase

美音:[də´beıs ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
英音:[də´beıs ]点这儿播放单词英音发声
vt.贬低,降低

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debase为短语/超纲词汇

词形变化:

名词:debasement 动词过去式:debased 过去分词:debased 现在分词:debasing 第三人称单数:debases

词根

de-=down,downward 由“往下”之意衍生为分离、否定、加强,是很重要的字首

近义词, 同义词

depress  lower  let down  take down  debase  abase  reduce    

相关词

abase  degrade  demote  discredit  lower  run-down  elevate    

debase


/dɪ'beɪs; dɪ`bes/
v [Tn]
1 lower the quality, status or value of (sth) 降低(某物的)质量、地位或价值
*Sport is being debased by commercialism. 体育运动的价值受商业化影响而逐渐下降.
* You debase yourself by telling such lies. 你说这些谎话就降低了身分.
2 lower the value of (coins) by using less valuable metal in them 降低(硬币的)价值(减少含贵金属的成色).

debase


v [T]formal
to make someone or something lose its value or people's respect
 The medical profession has been debased by these revelations.
debase yourself
 actors who debased themselves by participating in the show
debase a currency/coinage
(=reduce its value)
>debasementn [U and C]
 currency debasement