degenerates

英 [dɪˈdʒenəreɪts]

美 [dɪˈdʒenəreɪts]

v.  恶化; 蜕变; 衰退
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柯林斯词典

The verb is pronounced /dɪ'dʒenəreɪt/. The adjective and noun are pronounced /dɪ'dʒenərət/. 动词读作 /dɪ'dʒenəreɪt/。形容词和名词读作 /dɪ'dʒenərət/。


• VERB 恶化;变糟;衰退;堕落
  If you say that someone or somethingdegenerates, you mean that they become worse in some way, for example weaker, lower in quality, or more dangerous.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. ...a very serious humanitarian crisis which could degenerate into a catastrophe.
     一场非常严重的、可能演变成灾难的人道主义危机
• ADJ-GRADED 堕落的;腐化的
  If you describe a person or their behaviour asdegenerate, you disapprove of them because you think they have low standards of behaviour or morality.
  1. ...a group of degenerate computer hackers.
     一群堕落的计算机黑客
  2. ...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
• 堕落的人;腐化的人
  If you refer to someone as adegenerate, you disapprove of them because you think they have low standards of behaviour or morality.

双语例句

• At that time, there were no round-ups of degenerates, dissidents, and newspaper closures.
  在此期间没有闹事者，没有意见不和者，也没有报社关闭。
• It plays a major role in presidential elections, separates community groups, and sometimes even degenerates into violent acts.
  对此问题的看法成为分解点，影响着总统选举、社区选择、甚至引起暴力。
• An autocratic system of coercion, in my opinion, soon degenerates.
  在我看来，强迫的专制制度很快就会腐朽衰退。
• If an invaded root cell happens to be a normal diploid cell, it is usually destroyed by the infection and degenerates.
  如果被侵入的细胞碰巧是双倍体细胞的，它通常会被感染破坏而退化。
• The human stock goes on, even though it degenerates.
  虽然衰败了，但这样的家族还在延续。
• Compare and contrast with any large bank, where risk management too often degenerates into mere compliance.
  不妨将高盛与其它任何一家大型银行做一下对比。在那些大型银行，风险管理常常沦为纯粹的合规行为。
• The tracking performance of traditional optic-electric tracking systems degenerates significantly when there is a drop of detection probability with intermittent observation.
  随着不完全量测条件下探测概率的下降，传统光电跟踪系统的跟踪性能显著降低。
• Liberty often degenerates into lawlessness.
  自由常常变质为无法无天。
• She degenerates into a mere slut!
  她退化成为一个懒婆娘了！
• His papers described them as marijuana-smoking, job-stealing, lazy, wicked, and violent degenerates.
  他的报纸把他们描绘成抽大麻、洋工、惰、恶和喜欢暴力的堕落者。