degenerate
verb[I]
uk/dɪˈdʒen.ə.reɪt/us/dɪˈdʒen.ə.reɪt/tobecomeworseinquality:
(质量)下降;退化,衰退Educationalstandardsare degeneratingyearbyyearbecause of alackoffunds.由于缺乏资金,教育水准连年下降。
What wasintendedas apeacefuldemonstrationrapidlydegeneratedintoviolence.一场原本的和平示威迅速演变成了暴力事件。
Synonym
deteriorate
Deteriorating and making worse
- add
- admin
- aggravate
- backslide
- be (all) downhillidiom
- debase
- deterioration
- devaluation
- devalue
- disintegrate
- dog
- downgrade
- one step forward, two steps backidiom
- regress
- regression
- regressive
- relapse
- retrograde
- worse
- worsen
degenerate
adjective
uk/dɪˈdʒen.ə.rət/us/dɪˈdʒen.ə.rət/havinglowstandardsofbehaviour:
堕落的,颓废的a degenerateyoungman堕落的年轻人
Synonyms
debauched
dissipatedformaldisapproving
dissoluteliterary
Morally wrong and evil
- abhorrent
- amoral
- amorality
- anomie
- antichrist
- dissipated
- dissolute
- dissolutely
- dissoluteness
- enormity
- no more Mr Nice Guyidiom
- non-ethical
- obscene
- obscenely
- obscenity
- turpitude
- unconscionable
- unconscionably
- unethical
- unprincipled
degenerate
noun[C]
formaldisapprovinguk/dɪˈdʒen.ə.rət/us/dɪˈdʒen.ə.rət/someone withlowstandardsofbehaviour:
堕落的人,颓废的人They're justmoraldegenerates with nosenseofdecency.他们这些人道德败坏,毫无廉耻之心。
Synonym
reprobateformalorhumorous
Compare
pervertnoundisapproving
deviantnoundisapproving
Morally wrong and evil
- abhorrent
- amoral
- amorality
- anomie
- antichrist
- dissipated
- dissolute
- dissolutely
- dissoluteness
- enormity
- no more Mr Nice Guyidiom
- non-ethical
- obscene
- obscenely
- obscenity
- turpitude
- unconscionable
- unconscionably
- unethical
- unprincipled