- To debase something is to make it corrupt or impure. If your lemonade stand sells “pure lemonade,” you’d insist on using real lemons instead of a mix; using a mix would debase your product.
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- vt. 降低；使…贬值；掺杂
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1. We can sculpt our existence into somethin beautiful, or debase it into ugliness.
我们可以把我们的生命雕刻成美的，也可将它贬为丑。
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2. We trust that the central bank does not debase it.
我们信任央行不会降低货币的价值。
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3. If all the issuers of paper money want to see their currencies depreciate, then the only answer is to own an asset that central banks cannot debase—namely, gold.
如果所有的纸币发行者都希望他们的货币贬值，那唯一的方法就是买进一种央行不能使其贬值的资产——黄金。
de·base / dɪˈbeɪs ; NAmE dɪˈbeɪs / verb debasesb/sth to make sb/sth less valuable or respected 降低…的价值；败坏…的名誉 SYN devalue ◆ Sport is being debased by commercial sponsorship. 体育运动因受商业赞助而降低了声誉。 ▶ de·base·ment debasement debasements / dɪˈbeɪsmənt ; NAmE dɪˈbeɪsmənt / noun [uncountable ] debase debases debased debasing de·base / dɪˈbeɪs ; NAmE dɪˈbeɪs / de·base·ment / dɪˈbeɪsmənt ; NAmE dɪˈbeɪsmənt /
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