| 词汇 | debased |
| 释义 | debased adjective uk /dɪˈbeɪst/ us /dɪˈbeɪst/ worse than before, especially morally; less valuable or deserving less respect than before: He believes that acts of torture reveal how debased we are. Our world view has become debased. We no longer have a sense of the sacred. Such talk exemplifies how debased modern political discourse has become. Unfortunately, in these debased times, such crimes are not unusual. Here we see politics at its most debased. Even by his low standards this was pretty debased. Deteriorating and making worse add admin aggravate backslide be downhillidiom debase deterioration devaluation devalue disintegrate dog downgrade regress regression regressive regressively retrograde wear thinidiom worse worsen You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Morally wrong and evil Humiliating and degrading Examples of debaseddebased A symposium to discuss architectural education should at least have done that, for a debased coin emerges from these books taken together. Sometimes they were char med by the aesthetics of the other side, already attacked and debased by them (and others). I contend that fringe, like other debased aspects of material culture, can perform cultural work precisely because it doesn't get taken seriously. Now if 0.72 liang of debased silver is employed in trade at an exchange value of 1,000-plus copper coins, prices will become falsely inflated. This portrayal is attractive because it helps to explain his purpose in using debased characters almost entirely devoid of redeeming characteristics. The needy can come to seem permanently debased. The position of this element at the bottom of the harmonic complex is a parallel to the low and debased position of that which it symbolizes in the cultural order. For, if people learn that all apparent commitment is self-interested convenience or worse, manipulation for the self-interest of others, then their commitment is debased and withers. Among those of a debased character, however, it can act as a stumbling block, since it demands repentance and the abandonment of sinful ways of life. The having a debased taste in ornament. Fantasy or fancy was another matter: a debased or lower kind of imagination, it wrought nothing but havoc. No one could possibly allege that in those countries the morals of the public are debased or corrupted by what happens in the theatre. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Are these cloths debased by the use of shoddy? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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