Английский Этимологический словарь - debase
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(debases, debasing, debased) To debase something means to reduce its value or quality. (FORMAL) Politicians have debased the meaning of the word ‘freedom’... = degrade VERB: V n • debased ...the debased standards of today’s media. ADJ ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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transitive verb Date: 1565 1. to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character 2. a. to reduce the intrinsic value of (a coin) by increasing the base-metal content b. to reduce the exchange value of (a monetary unit) • ~ment noun • ~r noun Synonyms: ~, vitiate, deprave, corrupt, debauch, pervert mean to cause deterioration or lowering in quality or character. ~ implies a loss of position, worth, value, or dignity commercialism has ~d the holiday. vitiate implies a destruction of purity, validity, or effectiveness by allowing entrance of a fault or defect a foreign policy vitiated by partisanship. deprave implies moral deterioration by evil thoughts or influences the claim that society is depraved by pornography. corrupt implies loss of soundness, purity, or integrity the belief that bureaucratese corrupts the language. debauch implies a debasing through sensual indulgence the long stay on a tropical isle had debauched the ship's crew. pervert implies a twisting or distorting from what is natural or normal perverted the original goals of the institute. ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.tr. 1 lower in quality, value, or character. 2 depreciate (coin) by alloying etc. Derivatives debasement n. debaser n. Etymology: DE- + obs. base for ABASE ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. понижать качество или ценность; портить to debase one's character —- испортить себе репутацию to debase a language —- засорять язык 2. спец. обесценивать, девальвировать to debase the currency —- обесценивать валюту, снижать курс валюты to debase the coinage —- фальсифицировать монеты 3. унижать достоинство; позорить I would not debase myself so —- я никогда не унижусь до этого this candidature debases the political image of the U.S.A. —- эта кандидатура портит политический имидж Соединенных Штатов ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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the coinage fin. снизить курс валюты DEBASE v. 1) унижать достоинство 2) понижать качество, ценность; портить - debase the coinage Syn: see disgrace ...Англо-русский словарь
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