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单词 degeneration
释义
degeneration
noun[SorU]
uk
/dɪˌdʒen.əˈreɪ.ʃən/us
/dɪˌdʒen.əˈreɪ.ʃən/
theprocessby which something getsworse:
恶化；衰退；退化
There has been agradualdegenerationofthejudicialsystemin the last fewyears.近些年来司法制度日渐腐败。
Highbloodpressurecancausedegenerationoftheheartmuscles.高血压可引起心肌变性。
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(Definition ofdegenerationfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

degeneration| American Dictionary

degeneration
noun[U]
us
/dɪˌdʒen·əˈreɪ·ʃən,ˌdi-/
theprocessofbecomingworse:
X-raysshowedsome degeneration ofbone.
(Definition ofdegenerationfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdegeneration

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Patients suffering from progressive autonomic failure with primarydegenerationof autonomic neurons show a characteristic inability to contract the distal urethral sphincter.
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During simulated ischemia, severe neurotoxicity occurs and is diminished by enzymaticdegenerationof extracellular glutamate or by blockade of glutamate release.
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Any historical change in it was therefore seen as itsdegenerationand corruption.
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Thisdegenerationis sometimes ascribed to such causes as unsuitable soil conditions or to over-rapid increase of stocks by too frequent division.
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His act was richly meaningful in a context where questions of military policy, masculine citizenship, executive power, and nationaldegenerationwere already highly charged.
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The apparent correlation between cortical and behavioral alterations makes it unlikely that the observed cortical changes simply reflect age-relateddegeneration.
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But every attempt to reverse the process of musicaldegeneration, as measured by his criteria, seems almost destined to be undone.
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It is argued that domesticated pragmatism, with its emphasis on local rather than global perspective, has led to trivialization anddegenerationof self-reflective critique.
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Our goal is to define variation anddegenerationoperators on homotopy.
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A sexualized language of tyranny is employed to depict thedegenerationof the masculine martial nation into a feminized corruption.
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We have shown the importance of considering thedegenerationof epipolar geometry when the camera motion is nearly a pure rotation.
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Evidence of changes in biosynthesis and denaturation of the extracellular matrix with growth, maturation, aging, anddegeneration.
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The nuclei of some of them express signs of shrinkage and pyknoticdegeneration.
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We screened the offspring of mutagenized mice for retinal defects and found a mutation that causes autosomal dominant photoreceptordegeneration.
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