The verb is pronounced /dɪ'dʒenəreɪt/. The adjective and noun are pronounced /dɪ'dʒenərət/. 动词读作 /dɪ'dʒenəreɪt/。形容词和名词读作 /dɪ'dʒenərət/。
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[VERB 动词]恶化；变糟；衰退；堕落 If you say that someone or something
degenerates, you mean that they become worse in some way, for example weaker, lower in quality, or more dangerous.
Inactivity can make your joints stiff, and the bones may begin to degenerate...
长期不活动会导致关节僵硬，骨骼也可能开始退化。
From then on the whole tone of the campaign began to degenerate.
从那时起，整个活动的基调开始变质。
...a very serious humanitarian crisis which could degenerate into a catastrophe.
一场非常严重的、可能演变成灾难的人道主义危机
degeneration...various forms of physical and mental degeneration.
各种形式的身心衰退
...the degeneration of our political system.
我们的政治制度的腐化
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]堕落的；腐化的 If you describe a person or their behaviour as
degenerate, you disapprove of them because you think they have low standards of behaviour or morality.
...a group of degenerate computer hackers.
一群堕落的计算机黑客
...the degenerate attitudes he found among some of his fellow officers.
他在一些警队同僚身上发现的腐化态度
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]堕落的人；腐化的人 If you refer to someone as a
degenerate, you disapprove of them because you think they have low standards of behaviour or morality.