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。

1. In my view this book would deprave young children.

我认为这本书会腐蚀儿童。

2. Do sadistic films deprave the viewers?

有关性虐待的电影能使观众堕落 吗 ?

3. Pornography is defined by its ` tendency to deprave or corrupt '.

是不是色情作品,要看它有没有‘诱人堕落或伤风败俗的倾向 ’.

4. The habit of lying sometimes deprave a child's character.

说谎的习惯有时会败坏儿童的品格.

5. We deprave straw with ordinary compost method, and find out optimum condition of straw depravity.

本文通过正交设计法对秸秆进行普通堆肥方式的腐解, 从而选择出秸杆腐解的最佳条件.