英 [dɪˈbeɪst] 美 [dɪˈbeɪst]
adj. 低质量的
v. 贬低（debase 的过去分词）
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。
mixed with impurities
同义词： adulterate / adulterated
低质量的
... debase降低 debased贬低的；品质恶劣的 subbase基层；基地 ...
... debase降低质量 debased低质量的 debittreingyeast脱苦叶酵母 ...
... debase降低 debased贬低的；品质恶劣的 subbase基层；基地 ...
... debased 质量低劣的 degraded 被贬低的 spoiled 宠坏的 ...
debasement 降低；贬质
debase 降低；使…贬值；掺杂
Sport is being debased by commercial sponsorship.
体育运动因受商业赞助而降低了声誉。
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。
Fortune-telling is a very much debased art surrounded by superstition.
算命是一种透着迷信色彩的十分低级的把戏。
His foul language is so debased that women are advised not to stay long in his presence.
他的粗话是如此下流,以至于妇女们最好不要跟他就待。
心理学导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
A mobile army of metaphors, metonymies, anthropomorphisms in short, a sum of human relations which became poetically and rhetorically intensified," "and are now no longer of account as coins but are debased."
一支由暗喻，转喻，拟人组成的机动部队,简单来说，人们之间的关系,诗意般地在修辞上加强了“,人们之间的关系不再值钱，而被贬低了“
文学理论导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
The Justice Department has been debased and politicized as never before in our history.
Since the dollar is the benchmark currency, when it is debased, other currencies must follow suit.
The fact that our political discourse has become debased in many ways is bad enough.