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单词 debasement
释义
debasement
noun[U]
uk
/dɪˈbeɪs.mənt/us
/dɪˈbeɪs.mənt/
theactionofreducingthequalityorvalueof something:
The Governmentclaimsthatacademicstandardswill beprotectedfromfurtherdebasement.
Currency debasementmeansthat the moredollarsthere are incirculation, the less eachdollarisworth.
See
debase
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  • Debasement of women inpornographicmagazinesandmovieshassteadilyincreased.
  • Astrongcurrencyhelpsyou toplanfor afuturewithout apotentialdebasement ofyourmoney.
  • Theycriticizethemusicas aformofculturaldebasement.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Deteriorating and making worse
  • add
  • admin
  • aggravate
  • backslide
  • be (all) downhillidiom
  • debase
  • deterioration
  • devaluation
  • devalue
  • disintegrate
  • dog
  • downgrade
  • one step forward, two steps backidiom
  • regress
  • regression
  • regressive
  • relapse
  • retrograde
  • worse
  • worsen
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(Definition ofdebasementfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdebasement

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One group that disliked debasements included the guild members, shopkeepers, small merchants, and wage-earning artisans.
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Of the two coinages we commonly exchange and which are liable todebasement, language is far more damaging than money.
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The persistence of debasements throughout the medieval and early modern periods suggests that these interventions could not simply be futile efforts.
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For example, merchants sometimes preferred debasements to increased taxation when the government faced fiscal difficulties.
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If the government perceived these costs to be lower than the expected fiscal benefits, then adebasementor a series of debasements could be adopted.
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Yet another cost was the adverse implications of debasements for the ability of the state to borrow domestically.
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At the same time, however, there existed significant economic and political constraints on the state's ability to take advantage of debasements.
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Even if a social group did not always benefit from debasements and inflation, it could still prefer debasements to additional taxation.
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In the short term, debasements provided relief from shortages of specie and coinage in circulation by increasing the nominal value of the coinage in circulation.
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In other words, debasements generated an initial surge in revenues, followed by a decline in real terms due to the inflation they created.
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As a result, debasements were frequently used as an alternative to additional taxation.
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On the other side were social groups who stood to lose from debasements and the accompanying inflation and therefore opposed them.
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At the same time, however, there were significant economic and political constraints on the state's ability to take advantage of debasements.
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Indeed, thedebasementof fringe is part of what makes it interesting and significant.
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Prices almost always rose in the aftermath of debasements because adebasementtypically increased the nominal value of coinage in circulation.
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