- 基礎釋義
- 例句
- 六級真題
- 柯林斯詞典釋義
- 英漢詞典釋義
- 英英詞典釋義
- 行業詞典釋義
degenerate
英[d??d?en?re?t]
美[d?'d?en?re?t]
例句
英語六級真題
She worked at a radio station for a year, always aware that her body was degenerating.
出自-2013年12月聽力原文
柯林斯高階英漢雙解學習詞典釋義
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VERB
惡化;變糟;衰退;墮落
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...
長期不活動會導致關節僵硬,骨骼也可能開始退化。
From then on the whole tone of the campaign began to degenerate.
從那時起,整個活動的基調開始變質。
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ADJ-GRADED
墮落的;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.
一群墮落的計算機黑客
...the degenerate attitudes he found among some of his fellow officers.
他在一些警隊同僚身上發現的腐化態度
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N-COUNT
墮落的人;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.
英漢詞典釋義
vi.
衰退;墮落;退化;惡化;蛻變
He denied that some young people today were degenerating.
他否認現在某些青年在墮落。adj.
衰退的;墮落的;頹廢的
Will too much freedom make them degenerate?
太多的自由會令他們墮落嗎?
英英詞典釋義
行業詞典