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decadency

/dek-uh-duhns, dih-keyd-ns/US // ˈdɛk ə dəns, dɪˈkeɪd ns //UK // (ˈdɛkədəns) //

颓废,颓废之风,颓势,颓废现象

Related Words

sensuality肉体,色相,性感,色情downfall垮台,衰落,堕落,沦落dissolution解散,溶解,溶解度,溶解力excess过量,过度,过量的,过剩lechery淫乱,淫秽,淫秽物品,淫荡dissipation耗散,耗损,耗费,消散lewdness淫秽行为,淫乱行为,淫荡行为,淫荡regression回归,回落,回退decline衰退,减少,衰落,下降decay腐烂,衰变,衰落,衰减declension分级,降级,分层,分级法corruption腐败,贪污,腐蚀,腐败问题degeneration变性,退化,退变,退化性incontinence失禁,尿失禁,小便失禁,失禁症lasciviousness淫荡,淫乱,淫风,淫秽evil邪恶,邪恶的,恶魔,弊端degradation退化,降解,降级,降落licentiousness淫乱,淫荡,淫乱行为,淫乱性fall坠落,跌倒,跌落,摔倒debasement贬低,贬损,堕落,贬值

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act or process of falling into an inferior condition or state; deterioration; decay: Some historians hold that the fall of Rome can be attributed to internal decadence.
    • : moral degeneration or decay; turpitude.
    • : unrestrained or excessive self-indulgence.
    • : the decadent movement in literature.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as indegeneration
Synonyms
decay腐烂,衰变,衰落,衰减worsening恶化的,恶化,恶化的情况,不断恶化decadence颓废,颓势,颓废主义,颓废之风declension分级,降级,分层,分级法declination偏角,倾角,偏角仪,偏转角decline衰退,减少,衰落,下降degeneracy退化,退化性,堕落,变质decaying衰败的,腐朽的,颓废的,衰败
as indeclension
Synonyms
decadence颓废,颓势,颓废主义,颓废之风decay腐烂,衰变,衰落,衰减declination偏角,倾角,偏角仪,偏转角decline衰退,减少,衰落,下降degeneracy退化,退化性,堕落,变质degeneration变性,退化,退变,退化性worsening恶化的,恶化,恶化的情况,不断恶化decaying衰败的,腐朽的,颓废的,衰败
as indeclination
Synonyms
decadence颓废,颓势,颓废主义,颓废之风decay腐烂,衰变,衰落,衰减declension分级,降级,分层,分级法decline衰退,减少,衰落,下降degeneracy退化,退化性,堕落,变质degeneration变性,退化,退变,退化性worsening恶化的,恶化,恶化的情况,不断恶化decaying衰败的,腐朽的,颓废的,衰败

Examples

  • Mirza Ghalib, the ultimate authority on Urdu poetry, was also an authority on mangoes, weaving entire ditties around their decadence.

  • At my meal, that luxury came through not just in the decadence but in how tailored it was to each person around the table.

  • I try to tell the unvarnished truth about the decadence in our market-driven universities!

  • Seeking can call it sugaring, with its implications of frivolity and decadence, but it’s hard to attribute the site’s popularity to anything but financial hardship.

  • Our mockery of celebworld helps us evade the soul-crushing decadence concealed within.

  • Within days, the anti-Western line drawn to connect the dots of supposed Western decadence reached theaters and movie theaters.

  • Many accused party leaders of excessive wealth and decadence filled with liquor and women.

  • The decadence of it at 10 in the morning, it just feels like the perfect reward!

  • In both films, these vehicular behemoths are emblems of our current decadence.

  • This style of the decadence is the "dernier mot" of Verbe, summoned to express all and to venture to the very extremes.

  • Unlike those feathered Romans of the Decadence, we moderns settle for one meal at a sitting, and let it digest in peace.

  • So long as England produces men of this metal she need not fear the decadence of the race.

  • They had reached the period of decadence, and were often heard boasting of the illustrious Charlotte.

  • It is the fruit of a decadence, not the mature product of a full-blown art, which has taken centuries to grow and ripen.

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