deprave
pronunciation
UK [dɪˈpreɪv]
US [dɪˈprev]
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- v.
- 堕落
Word Origin
deprave 堕落
de-, 向下，离开。-prav, 弯的，扭曲的，词源可能同crook,curve, 字母c,p音变。引申词义变态，堕落。
Antonym
Example
- 1. This book is likely to deprave youngsters .
- 这本书可能会使青少年堕落。
- 2. In my view this book would deprave young children .
- 我认为这本书会腐蚀儿童。
- 3. Interestingly , even the vatican appears unable to point to any ill-effects of safe sex between consenting gay adults , other than to suggest that its acceptance might " deprave " or " corrupt " other people .
- 有趣的是，梵蒂冈除了表示对同性恋者的接受可能让其他人“堕落”或“腐化”外，似乎也无法指出两相情愿的成年同性恋者之间的安全性行为有任何不良后果。
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