词汇 | debauch |
释义 | debauch verb[ T ] uk /dɪˈbɔːtʃ/ us /dɪˈbɑːtʃ/ to destroy or damage something so that it is no longer considered good or moral: 使变坏,使败坏 Lenin said that the best way to destroy the capitalist system was to debauch the currency.列宁说,摧毁资本主义体系的最好办法是击垮其货币。 Synonyms corrupt depraveformal pervertdisapproving vitiateformal Damaging and spoiling adulterant adulterate adulterated adulteration applecart butcher dry rot eat eat away at something erode flaw foul queer rain on someone's paradeidiom rampage ravage ravages seismic sour wreck Examples of debauchdebauch They both said that if you want to overturn the existing basis of society, the easiest way to do it is to debauch the currency. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But a conspiracy to debauch public morals—where would that begin and where, indeed, would it end? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The bankers' cry is always that if the currency is left to politicians, they will debauch it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It gets so much attention as to amount to a national debauch. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It will not debauch him; it will not encourage him in vicious habits. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Are they the people to whom we would deny the right to choose what they shall hear, lest they be debauched? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is the morning after the debauch which is less pleasant, and we are getting perilously near the hangover. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is the retribution, the headache that follows a somewhat protracted political debauch. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is it that the public will be debauched in some way because they have to listen to unworthy programmes issued by sponsored radio? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He has debauched us with our own money. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Second, inflation not only divides but debauches the nation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I use the word "debauch," not in the sense of drunkenness but in the sense of responsibility towards public funds. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no more certain way of creating such a crisis than by debauching the currency. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that it is in some ways debauching, not extending, choice. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He did this by telling us that we are now debauching the currency. 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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