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  1. 1帶壞；使墮落

    To deprave someone is to pull them toward worse behaviour — to be a bad influence, especially on someone young or not yet sure of themselves. You deprave a person when you teach them cruel or dishonest ways, or get them used to things that cheapen them.

    To deprave someoneDeprave某人 is to pull them toward worse behaviour就是把他們拉向更糟的行為 to be a bad influence當一個壞榜樣 especially on someone young or not yet sure of themselves尤其對還年輕、還沒定性的人 You deprave a person你deprave一個人 when you teach them cruel or dishonest ways是在教他們殘忍或不誠實的方式 or get them used to things that cheapen them或讓他們習慣會貶低自己的事情

    The adjective you will hear more often is depraved (a depraved act, a depraved person). The noun is .

    The adjective you will hear more often你比較常聽到的形容詞 is是 depraveddepraved (a depraved act墮落的行為, a depraved person墮落的人) The noun名詞 is則是 depravitydepravity

    The verb deprave itself is a little old-fashioned and literary; many people now say corrupt, lead astray, or be a bad influence. It is a strong moral word, not a light one. You do not deprave someone with one rude joke; the word aims at a deeper turning toward harm.

    The verb deprave itselfdeprave這個動詞本身 is a little old-fashioned and literary有點老派、文學氣 many people now say corrupt, lead astray, or be a bad influence現在很多人會說corrupt、lead astray，或be a bad influence It這 is是 a strong moral word很強烈的道德字 not a light one不是輕描淡寫的字 You do not deprave someone with one rude joke你不會因為一個粗魯的笑話就deprave某人 the word aims at a deeper turning toward harm這個字指的是更深層地轉向傷害

core核心畫面

組成From Middle English depraven, from Old French depraver, from Latin dēprāvāre (pervert, distort, corrupt): de- + pravus (crooked, wicked).

同家族的字

  • depravedthe adjective: turned toward harm or cruelty
  • depravitythe noun: that badly turned state

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depraveverb/dɪˈpɹeɪv/

  • 1

    To speak ill of; to depreciate; to malign; to revile

  • 2

    To make bad or worse; to vitiate; to corrupt

    • Interpreting humanity in purely zoological categories, he saw the social community as a form of natural co-operation within the species, distorted or depraved by religious prejudice, while in moral speculation he did not advance beyond the eudaemonistic schema of the Enlightenment.

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