debase

verb

/dɪˈbeɪs/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they debase	/dɪˈbeɪs/ /dɪˈbeɪs/
he / she / it debases	/dɪˈbeɪsɪz/ /dɪˈbeɪsɪz/
past simple debased	/dɪˈbeɪst/ /dɪˈbeɪst/
past participle debased	/dɪˈbeɪst/ /dɪˈbeɪst/
-ing form debasing	/dɪˈbeɪsɪŋ/ /dɪˈbeɪsɪŋ/

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debase somebody/something to make somebody/something less valuable or respected降低…的价值；败坏…的名誉 synonym devalue
- Sport is being debased by commercial sponsorship.体育运动因受商业赞助而降低了声誉。
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘humiliate, belittle’): from de- ‘down’ + the obsolete verb base (compare with abase), expressing the notion ‘bring down completely’.

BNC: 22131 COCA: 22355

debase