deprave

verb

/dɪˈpreɪv/

(formal)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they deprave	/dɪˈpreɪv/ /dɪˈpreɪv/
he / she / it depraves	/dɪˈpreɪvz/ /dɪˈpreɪvz/
past simple depraved	/dɪˈpreɪvd/ /dɪˈpreɪvd/
past participle depraved	/dɪˈpreɪvd/ /dɪˈpreɪvd/
-ing form depraving	/dɪˈpreɪvɪŋ/ /dɪˈpreɪvɪŋ/

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deprave somebody to make somebody morally bad使堕落；使腐化；败坏 synonym corrupt
- In my view this book would deprave young children.我认为这本书会腐蚀儿童。
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘pervert the meaning or intention of something’): from Old French depraver or Latin depravare, from de- ‘down, thoroughly’ + pravus ‘crooked, perverse’.