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degenerate [di'dʒenəreit]
基本释义
- a. 堕落的
vi. 退化,堕落
vt. 使变质,使退化
词形变化
- 时 态:de·gen·er·at·ed, de·gen·er·at·ing, de·gen·er·ates名 词:de·gen'er·ate·ness副 词:de·gen'er·ate·ly
参考例句
- Liberty often degenerates into lawlessness.
自由往往沦为无法无天 - He has degenerated into an alcoholic.
他堕落成酗酒者。 - He has degenerated horribly.
他堕落得可怕。 - Liberty is apt to degenerate into lawlessness.
自由容易沦为无法无天。
- Liberty often degenerates into lawlessness.
英英解释
1个动词解释
- grow worse
[同] degenerate, deteriorate, devolve, drop
[反] convalesce, recover, recuperate
[例]- Her condition deteriorated
- Conditions in the slums degenerated
- The discussion devolved into a shouting match
1个名词解释
- a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
[同] degenerate, deviant, deviate, pervert
1个形容词解释
- unrestrained by convention or morality
[同] debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, fast, libertine, profligate, riotous
[例]- Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society
- deplorably dissipated and degraded
- riotous living
- fast women
- grow worse