Word · Frequency #28673
depraved
使堕落；使腐化
depraved is the past of deprave.
to make morally bad; to corrupt
- 1.
To speak ill of; to depreciate; to malign; to revile
说坏话；贬低；诽谤；辱骂。
- 2.
To make bad or worse; to vitiate; to corrupt
使变坏或更糟；败坏；腐蚀。
诋毁；诽谤；说坏话；贬低；诽谤；辱骂。；使变坏或更糟；败坏；腐蚀。；使堕落；使腐败；[法] 堕落
In use
Violent video games are often blamed for depraving young minds.
He was depraved by his wealthy, irresponsible friends.
Absolute power, it is said, depraves absolutely.
deprave + noun/pronoun
及物动词，后接宾语。
Gambling depraves many young people.
赌博使许多年轻人堕落。
be depraved + by + noun/pronoun
被动语态，表示受外界影响而堕落。
He was depraved by bad company.
他被狐朋狗友带坏了。
Verb forms
base deprave · third person depraves · -ing depraving · past depraved · past participle depraved
规则动词
Common mistakes
Connections
Collocations
- deprave and corrupt
- 使堕落并败坏；使人道德败坏
- The novel was banned for tending to deprave and corrupt its readers.这部小说因容易使读者堕落和道德败坏而被禁止。
- deprave the mind
- 毒害心灵；腐蚀思想
- Constant exposure to cruelty can deprave the mind.长期接触残忍之事会毒害心灵。
- deprave public morals
- 败坏公共道德
- The government accused the film of trying to deprave public morals.政府指责该影片企图败坏公共道德。
- deprave the young
- 使年轻人堕落；毒害年轻人
- These books were once considered likely to deprave the young.这些书曾被认为可能使年轻人堕落。
Pop culture & quotes
- tend to deprave and corrupt
- 使堕落和腐化This phrase is the key test of obscenity in the UK Obscene Publications Act 1959, famously used in censorship debates.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆联想：'de'像'低'，'prave'像'prey猎物'——被拖向低处成猎物，即使堕落/败坏。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、legal texts、moral or religious discussion deprave 通常用于较正式的书面语、法律条文和道德论述，表示‘使堕落、腐化’；在日常口语中很少出现。学习者可优先记住这一正式用法。
Grammar Note
This verb is transitive, requiring a direct object.
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些都和 deprave 的重读部分 /preɪv/ 押韵，词尾拼写都是 -ave，读作 /eɪv/。注意形近词 deprive /dɪˈpraɪv/ 不押韵，元音是 /aɪ/。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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