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degenerate v.退化；堕落adj.堕落的；退化的n.堕落的人 (1) 多看电视会使你的头脑退化。(2) 他的健康状况迅速恶化。(3) 太多的自由会令他们堕落吗?(4) 他不因财富和奢华而自甘堕落。(5) 自由容易沦为无法无天。(6) 新生力量必然战胜腐朽力量。(7) 无价值而不能使人满足的享乐在这败坏的世代被认为是头等重要的事。(8) 这个道德败坏的人勾引我的女儿！ Whether used as a verb, noun, or adjective, degenerate carries a sense of making worse or decline — not living up to the standards set by your ancestors — or becoming unlike the people of your race or kind. People who are degenerate, or who exhibit degenerate behavior, are often set apart from others, in part out of fear that their influence will degenerate the morals of the impressionable people around them.

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英 [dɪ'dʒenəreɪt] 美 [dɪ'dʒenəreɪt] (1) Watching TV too much would degenerate your brain.(2) His health is degenerating rapidly.(3) Will too much freedom make them degenerate?(4) He didn't let riches and luxury make him degenerate.(5) Liberty is apt to degenerate into lawlessness.(6) The newly emerging forces are bound to defeat what is corrupt and degenerate.(7) Cheap unsatisfying pleasures are made all in all in this degenerate age.(8) This degenerate seduced my daughter! If something degenerates, it gets worse, like a food fight that degenerates to an all-out spaghetti-throwing war. Degenerate can also describe an immoral person — or the behavior of such a person. 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/。1[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.   [V]  [V into n]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2[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.   [disapproval]...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3[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.   [disapproval]

英语单词	degenerate
英美音标	英 [dɪ'dʒenəreɪt] 美 [dɪ'dʒenəreɪt]
中文释义	v.退化；堕落 adj.堕落的；退化的 n.堕落的人
英语例句	(1) Watching TV too much would degenerate your brain. (2) His health is degenerating rapidly. (3) Will too much freedom make them degenerate? (4) He didn't let riches and luxury make him degenerate. (5) Liberty is apt to degenerate into lawlessness. (6) The newly emerging forces are bound to defeat what is corrupt and degenerate. (7) Cheap unsatisfying pleasures are made all in all in this degenerate age. (8) This degenerate seduced my daughter!
中文例句	(1) 多看电视会使你的头脑退化。 (2) 他的健康状况迅速恶化。 (3) 太多的自由会令他们堕落吗? (4) 他不因财富和奢华而自甘堕落。 (5) 自由容易沦为无法无天。 (6) 新生力量必然战胜腐朽力量。 (7) 无价值而不能使人满足的享乐在这败坏的世代被认为是头等重要的事。 (8) 这个道德败坏的人勾引我的女儿！
vocabulary简明	If something degenerates, it gets worse, like a food fight that degenerates to an all-out spaghetti-throwing war. Degenerate can also describe an immoral person — or the behavior of such a person.
vocabulary扩展	Whether used as a verb, noun, or adjective, degenerate carries a sense of making worse or decline — not living up to the standards set by your ancestors — or becoming unlike the people of your race or kind. People who are degenerate, or who exhibit degenerate behavior, are often set apart from others, in part out of fear that their influence will degenerate the morals of the impressionable people around them.
柯林斯解释	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/。 1 [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. [V] [V into n] 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 2 [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. [disapproval] ...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 3 [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. [disapproval]

Degenerate Make Standards People Behaviour Describe Worse Set