debase meaning in English
vt.
贬损(品格等)，降低(品质)；(使货币)贬值。 debase the value of the dollar 使美元贬值。 debase oneself for money 为金钱而卑躬屈膝。
-ment (品质的)降低，贬质；贬值；变坏，堕落。
Examples
- Such unkind action debases you .
这种不和善的行为贬低了你自己的人格。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。