英 [dɪˈbeɪs] 美 [dɪˈbeɪs]
vt. 降低；使……贬值；掺杂
n. （Debase）人名；（意）德巴塞
第三人称单数debases
现在分词debasing
过去式debased
过去分词debased
debase /dɪˈbeɪs/ TEM8 [ debasing debased debases ]
及物动词 To debase something means to reduce its value or quality. 贬值; 降低质量
Politicians have debased the meaning of the word "freedom."
政治家们已经降低了“自由”一词的意义。
形容词
...the debased standards of today's media.
... 当今媒体降低的标准。
corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
同义词： corrupt / pervert / subvert / demoralize / demoralise / debauch / profane / vitiate / deprave / misdirect
lower in value by increasing the base-metal content
同义词： alloy
corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
同义词： adulterate / stretch / dilute
降低
... abase降低；贬低（自己）（a使+base低→使自己低→降低） debase降低 debased贬低的；品质恶劣的（debase降低 ...
... dazzle： v.1.使目眩 2.使昏眩，使惊诧不已，使倾倒 debase： v.贬低（身份，人格，意义），贬值 debilitate： v.削弱…的力量，使衰弱 ...
... 质量标准：quality standard 质量变坏：debase 质量保证制度：quality guarantee system ...
... debark=下船，下飞机，下车；卸载 debase=贬低，贬损 debate=正式的辩论，讨论 ...
debased 低质量的
debasement 降低；贬质
debased 贬低（debase的过去分词）
降低；使…贬值；掺杂
We trust that the central bank does not debase it.
我们信任央行不会降低货币的价值。
He wouldn't debase himself by quarreling with his son.
他不想与其儿子争吵而降低身份。
They debase themselves and the office they seek bytrotting around the country to field questions from television celebrities.
他们通过频繁的上电视即席回答名人的问题来自己贬低自己和他们追求的公职。
She writes, Woman's being created last will not be a very great argument to debase the dignity of the female sex.
她写道，女性被后造出来并不能,为压制女性尊严做论证。
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Satan finds it ignominious and shameful to lower himself to God, to bow and sue for grace with suppliant knee and deify His power, but this kind of submission is shameful not because it's simply always shameful so to debase oneself.
撒旦认为对上帝放低身段，屈膝承欢，并认可他的力量实在是可耻的，但是这种屈从之所以是耻辱,并非是因为通常身段被贬低时会感到耻辱。
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With all this collateral damage, why does the Fed continue to debase the dollar?
Let's be certain when we vote this week that we don't debase the Constitution.
CNN: Sen. Ernest Hollings' closed-door impeachment statement
These coins were of such technical and aesthetic merit that they were hard to debase or counterfeit.