degenerate
英 [dɪ'dʒen(ə)rət]
美[dɪ'dʒɛnəret]
- vt. 使退化；恶化
- vi. 退化；堕落
- adj. 退化的；堕落的
- n. 堕落的人
词态变化
第三人称单数: degenerates;过去式: degenerated;过去分词: degenerated;现在分词: degenerating;名词: degeneracy;
中文词源
degenerate 堕落，恶化
de-, 向下，离开。-gen, 出生，词源同gene, generate. 原义为偏离祖训，有损祖先名声，后引申为堕落，恶化。
英英释意
- 1. a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
英文词源
- degenerate (adj.)
- late 15c., from Latin degeneratus, past participle of degenerare "to be inferior to one's ancestors, to become unlike one's race or kind, fall from ancestral quality," used of physical as well as moral qualities, from phrase de genere, from de + genus (genitive generis) "birth, descent" (see genus). The noun is from 1550s.
- degenerate (v.)
- 1540s, from Latin degeneratus, past participle of degenerare "fall from ancestral quality" (see degenerate (adj.)). Figurative sense of "to fall off, decline" was in Latin. Related: Degenerated; degenerating.
考试真题
- She worked at a radio station for a year, always aware that her body was degenerating.
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实用场景例句
- The march degenerated into a riot.
- 示威游行变成了暴动。
牛津词典
- Her health degenerated quickly.
- 她的健康状况迅速恶化。
牛津词典
- a degenerate popular culture
- 颓废的大众文化
牛津词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...a group of degenerate computer hackers.
- 一群堕落的计算机黑客
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...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
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Judging by what they did, we know that the victors could degenerate into robbers.
- 从他们的行为来看, 胜利者也可能是强盗.
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- Bob : If we rely on these excessively, they can make our body functions degenerate gradually.
- 如果我们过分依赖这些, 这些会让我们的身体机能逐渐退化.
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- As to the number of degenerate vibrations some further considerations are necessary.
- 关于简并振动的数目的问题,还需要做进一步的研究.
辞典例句
- The artist experienced one degenerate, erosion and meaningless visual world through his dog.
- 艺术家通过他的狗体验到了一个堕落 、 糜烂、毫无意义的视觉世界.
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- Impulse trading tends to degenerate into impulsive trading, and the game is over.
- 动力交易一般会变成冲动交易, 那么游戏就结束了.
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- At this point arguments seem to degenerate into emotional displays.
- 在此,争论似乎沦为情绪发泄.
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- During 1937 the German museums were systematically purged of " degenerate art ".
- 1937年期间 “ 退化艺术 ” 被系统地从德国各博物馆清除掉.
辞典例句
- This degenerate seduced my daughter!
- 这个道德败坏的人勾引我的女儿.
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- Nazism suppressed all three movements as degenerate.
- 纳粹把所有三个运动都作为颓废艺术而加以镇压.
辞典例句
- It can always be arranged that degenerate eigenfunctions are orthogonal.
- 总可以做到使得简并的本征函数是正交的.
辞典例句
- Of course, an uninformed recommender is just a degenerate case and may still be useful.
- 当然, 一个信息不足的推荐系统只是一个比较不理想的情况但可能仍然是有用的.
期刊摘选
- This paper deals with the quenching problem for degenerate semilinear parabolic equations time delay.
- 讨论了一类时滞反应扩散方程组的熄灭问题,推广并加强了现有结果.
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- This causes the technology process to degenerate into political infighting, forces foul compromises, and creates delays.
- 这使得技术过程退化成了立场混战, 导致了违反规则的妥协, 延迟了规范的发布.
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- Will too much freedom make them degenerate?
- 太多的自由会令他们堕落 吗 ?
《简明英汉词典》
- The newly emerging forces are bound to defeat what is corrupt and degenerate.
- 新生力量必然战胜腐朽力量.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Scientific thinking demands a concrete analysis: how and why did the party degenerate?
- 科学的思想要求具体分析: 党是怎样和为什么会瓦解的.
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- Chaos and degenerate is the only truth of the universe.
- “混乱和堕落才是宇宙中唯一的真理”?
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- Face the setback of the life, be this adamancy? Degenerate still?
- 面对生活的挫折, 是该坚强? 还是堕落?
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- This paper deals with the quenching problem for degenerate semilinear parabolic equations with time delay.
- 考虑带时滞的退化半线性抛物方程的熄灭问题.
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- The thief was a degenerate member of a fine family.
- 那小偷是优秀家族的堕落的成员.
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- Moreover, the phenomenon canaliculus bundle degenerate suddenly has been found in the experiment.
- 此外还观察到维管束急剧退化现象.
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