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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.