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degenerated

/verb dih-jen-uh-reyt; adjective, noun dih-jen-er-it/US // verb dɪˈdʒɛn əˌreɪt; adjective, noun dɪˈdʒɛn ər ɪt //

堕落的,退化的,变质的,堕落的人

Related Words

worsen加剧,恶化,更加恶化,加重disintegrate瓦解,解体,崩解,碎裂lapse失误,失效,误时,过失revert回复,返还,恢复,归还descend下来,下降,下去,降下regress退步,倒退,退行,回归lessen减轻,减少,减轻了,减低sinking沉没,沉沦,沉降,沉船debauched放荡不羁,放荡不羁的,放荡的,放荡不羁的人debased贬低,贬低的,贬值的,贬值miscreant歹徒,恶棍,恶人,违禁品decayed腐烂的,腐朽的,衰败的,腐烂failing失败,失败的,失效,失误decadent颓废的,颓废,腐朽的,腐朽depraved堕落的,堕落,堕落的人,淫荡的base基础,基地,基层,底层low低,低的,低位,低级perverted变态的,变态,色情的,淫秽retrograde逆行,退行性,退步,退行degraded降级的,降级,退化的,堕落的

Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
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    de·gen·er·at·ed, de·gen·er·at·ing.

    • : to fall below a normal or desirable level in physical, mental, or moral qualities; deteriorate: The morale of the soldiers degenerated, and they were unable to fight.
    • : to diminish in quality, especially from a former state of coherence, balance, integrity, etc.: The debate degenerated into an exchange of insults.
    • : Pathology. to lose functional activity, as a tissue or organ.
    • : Evolution. to revert to a simple, less highly organized, or less functionally active type, as a parasitic plant that has lost its taproot or the vestigial wings of a flightless bird.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    de·gen·er·at·ed, de·gen·er·at·ing.

    • : to cause degeneration in; bring about a decline, deterioration, or reversion in.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having fallen below a normal or desirable level, especially in physical or moral qualities; deteriorated; degraded: a degenerate king.
    • : having lost, or become impaired with respect to, the qualities proper to the species or kind: a degenerate vine.
    • : characterized by or associated with degeneracy: degenerate times.
    • : Mathematics. pertaining to a limiting case of a mathematical system that is more symmetrical or simpler in form than the general case.
    • : Physics. having the same frequency. having equal energy.
n.名词 noun
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    • : a person who has declined, as in morals or character, from a type or standard considered normal.
    • : a person or thing that reverts to an earlier stage of culture, development, or evolution.
    • : a sexual deviate.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.corrupt, deteriorated
Forms: degenerating
Synonyms
base基础,基地,基层,底层debased贬低,贬低的,贬值的,贬值debauched放荡不羁,放荡不羁的,放荡的,放荡不羁的人decadent颓废的,颓废,腐朽的,腐朽decayed腐烂的,腐朽的,衰败的,腐烂degenerated堕落的,退化的,变质的,堕落的人degraded降级的,降级,退化的,堕落的demeaned被贬低,贬低身份,贬低,贬值depraved堕落的,堕落,堕落的人,淫荡的failing失败,失败的,失效,失误fallen堕落,堕落的,堕落的人,沦陷low低,低的,低位,低级mean意味着,是指,意思是说,意思是miscreant歹徒,恶棍,恶人,违禁品perverted变态的,变态,色情的,淫秽retrograde逆行,退行性,退步,退行sinking沉没,沉沦,沉降,沉船vitiated废弃的,无效的,无效,污损的worsen加剧,恶化,更加恶化,加重dissolute放荡不羁,放浪形骸,风流倜傥,颓废的effete圆滑,圆滑的,圆润,高效的flatitious扁平化,扁平的,扁平化的,谄媚immoral不道德,不道德的,不道德的行为,无道德infamous恶名昭彰,臭名昭著,恶名昭著,臭名昭著的nefarious邪恶的,恶毒的,邪恶,恶毒overripe烂熟,成熟的,烂熟于心,腐烂的retrogressive倒退的,倒退,退步,倒退的方式rotten腐烂的,腐烂,腐败的,腐朽unhealthy不健康的,不健康,不良,不卫生vicious恶毒,邪恶的,凶恶,恶毒的villainous坏人,恶人,恶棍,反派wicked邪恶的,邪恶,恶人,邪恶的人
verbdecay, deteriorate
Forms: degenerating
Synonyms
descend下来,下降,下去,降下disintegrate瓦解,解体,崩解,碎裂lapse失误,失效,误时,过失lessen减轻,减少,减轻了,减低regress退步,倒退,退行,回归revert回复,返还,恢复,归还worsen加剧,恶化,更加恶化,加重backslide倒退,倒退的情况下,倒退的情况,倒退的现象corrode锈蚀,腐蚀,侵蚀,腐蚀性corrupt贪污,堕落,腐败,贪腐decline衰退,减少,衰落,下降decrease减少,降低,下降,下跌deprave蹂躏,堕落,摧残,剥夺retrogress倒退,倒退的情况,倒退的情况下,倒退是指return返回,回归,返还,回返rot腐烂,腐败,腐蚀,腐化sink水槽,沉降,沉没,沉沦slip滑落,滑倒,滑移,溜vitiate废止,使之无效,使之失效,使之丧失活力come apart at seams脱节,脱胎换骨,开裂,接缝处脱落die on vine夭折,枯死,枯死在藤蔓上,枯死在藤条上disimprove不改进,破坏,撤消,撤消改进fall off脱落,脱掉,脱离,掉下来go downhill走下坡路,走下坡路了,下坡路,下坡go to pieces粉碎,破碎,溃败,崩溃go to the dogs落水狗,落水,落网,落水者

Examples

  • What was initially intended to be a celebration of music has degenerated into a weird marriage of fashion and commerce.

  • The war rapidly degenerated into horrific stalemate in the muddy, rat-infested trenches.

  • In other hands, this scenario might have degenerated into a caricature-filled freak show.

  • The scene degenerated, tear gas was used, and that set the stage for the more premeditated confrontations the following night.

  • Within the committee, partisan bickering has degenerated to personal distrust.

  • (b) Blood-casts contain red blood-corpuscles, usually much degenerated (Figs. 45 and 60).

  • This term means nothing in itself, but it expresses the fact that a degenerated heart finally refuses to act.

  • All the evidence shows how entirely they have degenerated into mere societies of capitalists.

  • But their kings, from the great wealth which they possessed, degenerated into a luxurious way of life.

  • It is narrative instead of dramatic; fable prevails over action; passion has degenerated into character-drawing.

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