Politicians have debased the meaning of the word 'freedom'.政客们贬低了“自由”这个词的含义。

He said parliament and the process of democracy had been debased.他说议会和民主进程的价值都遭到了亵渎。

It's absurd for journalists to debase themselves in this way.记者们竟然用这种方式进行自贬, 实在荒唐。