debased是什么意思？

debased

英[dɪ'beɪsd] 美[dɪ'beɪsd]

• adj. 下贱的，品质恶劣的；
• v. 降低质量（地位、价格等）( debase的过去式和过去分词 )，降低（硬币的）价值，贬值；

例句

• The lasting war debased the value of the dollar. 持久的战争使美元贬值。
• The young in particular see him as a man who will not sell out or be debased by the compromises of politics... 年轻人更是把他看作一位坚持原则、不会为了政治上的妥协而卑躬屈膝的人。
• Taxes were regularized, tariffs lifted, private mints abolished and the debased currency restored. 税收调整了, 关税提高了, 私人造币厂废除了,贬值货币恢复了.
• Sport is being debased by commercial sponsorship. 体育运动因受商业赞助而降低了声誉。
• Fortune-telling is a very much debased art surrounded by superstition. 算命是一种非常低级的把戏，充满了迷信色彩。
• Politicians have debased the meaning of the word "freedom" 政客们贬低了“自由”一词的意义。
• The silver coinage was repeatedly debased with copper vellon. 银币一再用铜币维隆来替代,实行贬值.
• Fortune-telling is a very much debased art surrounded by superstition... 算命是一种非常低级的把戏，充满了迷信色彩。
• He said parliament and the process of democracy had been debased. 他说议会和民主程序已遭贬值。
• Politicians have debased the meaning of the word 'freedom'... 政客们贬低了“自由”一词的意义。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  降低…的价值（或质量）；使贬值
  To debase something means to reduce its value or quality.
  例句
  Politicians have debased the meaning of the word 'freedom'... 政客们贬低了“自由”一词的意义。 He said parliament and the process of democracy had been debased. 他说议会和民主程序已遭贬值。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. mixed with impurities
  2. lowered in value;
  "the dollar is low""a debased currency"
  3. ruined in character or quality