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单词 debauch
释义
debauch
verb[T]
uk
/dɪˈbɔːtʃ/us
/dɪˈbɑːtʃ/
todestroyordamagesomething so that it is nolongerconsideredgood ormoral:
使变坏，使败坏
Lenin said that thebestway todestroythecapitalistsystemwas to debauch thecurrency.列宁说，摧毁资本主义体系的最好办法是击垮其货币。
Synonyms
corrupt
depraveformal
pervertdisapproving
vitiateformal
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(Definition ofdebauchfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

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They both said that if you want to overturn the existing basis of society, the easiest way to do it is todebauchthe currency.
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But a conspiracy todebauchpublic morals—where would that begin and where, indeed, would it end?
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The bankers' cry is always that if the currency is left to politicians, they willdebauchit.
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It gets so much attention as to amount to a nationaldebauch.
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It will notdebauchhim; it will not encourage him in vicious habits.
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Are they the people to whom we would deny the right to choose what they shall hear, lest they be debauched?
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It is the morning after thedebauchwhich is less pleasant, and we are getting perilously near the hangover.
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It is the retribution, the headache that follows a somewhat protracted politicaldebauch.
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Is it that the public will be debauched in some way because they have to listen to unworthy programmes issued by sponsored radio?
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He has debauched us with our own money.
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Second, inflation not only divides but debauches the nation.
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I use the word "debauch," not in the sense of drunkenness but in the sense of responsibility towards public funds.
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There is no more certain way of creating such a crisis than by debauching the currency.
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I think that it is in some ways debauching, not extending, choice.
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He did this by telling us that we are now debauching the currency.
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