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degenerate是什么意思？

degenerate

英[dɪˈdʒenəreɪt] 美[dɪ'dʒenəreɪt]

第三人称单数：degenerates;

过去式：degenerated;

过去分词：degenerated;

现在分词：degenerating;

名词：degeneracy;

例句

英语六级真题

She worked at a radio station for a year, always aware that her body was degenerating.

出自-2013年12月听力原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

VERB

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.
例句
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。
ADJ-GRADED

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.
例句
...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
N-COUNT

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.

英汉词典释义

vi.
衰退；堕落；退化；恶化；蜕变
He denied that some young people today were degenerating. 他否认现在某些青年在堕落。
adj.
衰退的；堕落的；颓废的
Will too much freedom make them degenerate? 太多的自由会令他们堕落吗?

英英词典释义

Noun
1. a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
Verb
1. grow worse;
"Her condition deteriorated""Conditions in the slums degenerated""The discussion devolved into a shouting match"
Adjective
1. unrestrained by convention or morality;
"Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society""deplorably dissipated and degraded""riotous living""fast women"

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