debased
英[dɪ'beɪsd] 美[dɪ'beɪsd]
"the dollar is low"
"a debased currency"
Politicians have debased the meaning of the word "freedom"
政客们贬低了“自由”一词的意义。
Fortune-telling is a very much debased art surrounded by superstition.
算命是一种非常低级的把戏，充满了迷信色彩。
Sport is being debased by commercial sponsorship.
体育运动因受商业赞助而降低了声誉。
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。
They have debased and defiled the purity of the tongue.
他们亵渎玷污了这种语言的纯洁性.
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.
Greed had debased his character.
贪婪降低了他的品格.
The great dream of space flight was debased.
关于宇宙飞行的伟大梦想变得黯然失色.
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.
And the miners were debased by the poverty that eroded ambition and pride.
因为穷困,矿工们的身价降低了,他们的雄心和骄傲也被贫穷所侵蚀.
He thought he debased himse 1 f by physical labour.
他本以为参加体力劳动降低了他的身份.
He debased himself by doing such a disgusting thing.
他因做出这种令人恶心的事情而贬低了自己.
Fantasy, it turns out, is debased in the attainment.
结果是, 幻想在实现后魅力大减.
The Gang of Four really debased our standards of social conduct.
现在,“四人帮”确实把我们的风气搞坏了.
