| 单词 | deprave |
| 释义 | deprave (once / 1112 pages) v Use the verb deprave as a more dramatic synonym for corrupt: Some parents in the 1980s feared that heavy metal music would deprave their innocent children. You have probably heard the expression "the way to a man's heart is through his stomach," meaning the sense of taste, when triggered, can inflame feelings like love and passion. Taken to extremes, though, too much indulging of any of the senses can make someone depraved, addicted to or fixated on feeling good. This pursuit of excess is the opposite of a word that sounds and looks like depraved: deprived. WORD FAMILYdeprave: depravation, depraved, depraves, depraving, depravity+/depravation: depravations/depraved: depravedly/depravity: depravities USAGE EXAMPLESThat the money was ill gotten to begin with is just start of completely depraved system. New York Times(Nov 30, 2016) Mukherjee contends that while genetic theories have provided crucial medical insights, they also have fueled the depraved thinking that reached its nadir in eugenics. Washington Post(Nov 20, 2016) As Diesel, Cook is both stolid and volatile, his depraved earnestness joining principle and duty, will and obligation. The New Yorker(Nov 12, 2016) v corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality Syn|Hypo|Hyper corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate carnalise, carnalize, sensualise, sensualize debase through carnal gratification infectcorrupt with ideas or an ideology lead astray, lead offteach immoral behavior to poisonspoil as if by poison bastardise, bastardizechange something so that its value declines; for example, art forms subornincite to commit a crime or an evil deed alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation |
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