decadence

英 [ˈdekədəns]

美 [ˈdekədəns]

n.  堕落; 颓废; 贪图享乐

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BNC.20570 / COCA.17922

牛津词典

noun

• 堕落；颓废；贪图享乐
  behaviour, attitudes, etc. which show a fall in standards, especially moral ones, and an interest in pleasure and enjoyment rather than more serious things
  1. the decadence of modern Western society
     现代西方社会的颓废现象

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 堕落的;颓废的
  If you say that a person or society isdecadent, you think that they have low moral standards and are interested mainly in pleasure.
  1. ...restrictions on the number of decadent western films that were allowed to be shown.
     对颓靡的西方电影在上映数量上的限制
  2. ...the excesses and stresses of their decadent rock 'n' roll lifestyles.
     他们颓废的摇滚生活的种种放浪及层层重压

英英释义

noun

• the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
  Synonym:degeneracydegenerationdecadency

双语例句

• When it crystallized into an aesthetic ritual, it fell into decadence and corruption.
  当文艺复兴成为一种美学定式，它就开始了颓废和堕落。
• The decadence of late Victorian art.
  维多利亚晚期文艺的衰落。
• It is the decadence of the modern bull that has made bullfighting possible.
  正是现代公牛的退化使斗牛成为可能。
• The country, they say, will inevitably now plunge headlong into decadence.
  他们说，现在整个国家会不可避免地一头陷入衰退中。
• And it is the decadence of humanity that we see around in every way possible.
  我们现在在各处都可看见人类的堕落。
• Dr Liao can remember when plastic surgery would have been seen as bourgeois decadence of the first order.
  廖医生记得，要是在过去，整容手术会被看作头等的资产阶级腐化行为。
• The decadence of young offenders is always firstly caused by their families and then society.
  少年犯的堕落首先是由他们的家庭造成的、然后才是由社会造成的。
• I have been fighting the prevailing decadence for years.
  多年来我一直在和盛行的颓废现象作斗争。
• The popular view is that, although technology and GDP advance, morals and society are treading water or, depending on your choice of newspaper, sinking back into decadence and barbarism.
  取决于你爱看哪种立场的报纸，流行的看法是：尽管科技和GDP发展了，道德与社会却停滞不前，甚至可说是，正在向颓废和野蛮沉沦。
• He was so trustworthy that they called him the trustworthy. 1 Muhammad was very religious, and he had long detested the decadence and idolatry of his society.
  他值得信赖的特征为他博得「信赖」美名。1穆罕默德极为笃信宗教，他长期以来持续谴责其社会的颓废及盲目崇拜。