deprave
/dih-preyv/US // dɪˈpreɪv //UK // (dɪˈpreɪv) //
蹂躏,堕落,摧残,剥夺
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Definitions
v.有主动词 verb
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de·praved, de·prav·ing.
- : to make morally bad or evil; vitiate; corrupt.
- : Obsolete. to defame.
Synonyms & Antonyms
verbcorrupt, lead astray
Forms: depraved
Examples
No possible amount of good to ever so many can make it right to deprave ever so few; happiness and misery cannot be measured so!
It prevents also such instruction in the classics as must necessarily deprave the estimate of woman.
Power and riches were chiefly to be dreaded on account of their tendency to deprave the possessor.
They would corrupt the morals, debase the manners, and deprave the tastes of the young.
Such engagements are always dangerous; sometimes they deprave the character of the man or woman.'
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