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decadence n.衰落；颓废 (1) 道德的堕落对于国家是不利的。(2) 但你的梦不过是我真实衰落中一个苍白的影子罢了。(3) 时日一到，罗马矫饰的颓废气味终将难以遮掩。(4) 这里拥抱着某种颓废和狂放，让它有别于埃及的其它地方。 The Latin root of decadence means "to fall down," and this may help you understand the full sense of the word. Decadence is not simply a synonym for excess; it also suggests that one's morals have gone down. The word is usually negative but not always. When hostile critics called a group of French writers and artists in the late 1800s decadents, these poets and painters embraced the label. When a pastry chef calls her creation Chocolate Decadence, she is promoting a mildly guilty pleasure, not announcing the end of Western civilization.

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英 ['dekədəns] 美 ['dekədəns] (1) The decadence of morals is bad for nation.(2) But even your dreams will be but a pale shadow of my true decadence.(3) In time, the foul odor of Roman decadence would grow harder to disguise.(4) It embraced a decadence and an abandon that set it apart from the rest of Egypt. Whether in reference to chocolate cake for breakfast or wild all-night parties, decadence means extravagance, luxury, and self-indulgence with a sense of moral decline.

英语单词	decadence
英美音标	英 ['dekədəns] 美 ['dekədəns]
中文释义	n.衰落；颓废
英语例句	(1) The decadence of morals is bad for nation. (2) But even your dreams will be but a pale shadow of my true decadence. (3) In time, the foul odor of Roman decadence would grow harder to disguise. (4) It embraced a decadence and an abandon that set it apart from the rest of Egypt.
中文例句	(1) 道德的堕落对于国家是不利的。 (2) 但你的梦不过是我真实衰落中一个苍白的影子罢了。 (3) 时日一到，罗马矫饰的颓废气味终将难以遮掩。 (4) 这里拥抱着某种颓废和狂放，让它有别于埃及的其它地方。
vocabulary简明	Whether in reference to chocolate cake for breakfast or wild all-night parties, decadence means extravagance, luxury, and self-indulgence with a sense of moral decline.
vocabulary扩展	The Latin root of decadence means "to fall down," and this may help you understand the full sense of the word. Decadence is not simply a synonym for excess; it also suggests that one's morals have gone down. The word is usually negative but not always. When hostile critics called a group of French writers and artists in the late 1800s decadents, these poets and painters embraced the label. When a pastry chef calls her creation Chocolate Decadence, she is promoting a mildly guilty pleasure, not announcing the end of Western civilization.

Decadence Morals Embraced Chocolate Means Sense 英 Dekədəns] 美