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

• 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。
• 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。
• Shanxi Tea Merchant's decadence because of their traditional commercial activities didn't suit to large-scale socialized production and the development requirements of market economy.
  晋帮茶商衰落的深层次原因在于其代表的传统商贸活动方式不适应于社会化大生产和市场经济的发展要求。
• These are my recent thought, I feel really decadence, but what can I do?
  这就是最近的想法吧，感觉好颓废，可是我又能怎么办呢？
• 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。
• But beneath their masks of relaxation and joviality there was only sterility, meaninglessness and futility, and amid the grandeur and extravagance a spiritual wasteland and a hint of decadence and moral decay.
  但在轻松享乐后留下的只是颓废和一无所取。在物质的奢华后是一片精神的荒原和道德沦丧。
• Chapter 14 sets forth a new theory of history, a theory of decadence and renaissance.
  本书的第14章提出了一个新的历史理论，一个关于衰朽与复兴的理论。
• It was an age of decadence.
  那是个颓废的时代。
• How does the mayor of a US city, the symbol for the over-the-top affluence and decadence of America look like?
  一个被世界成为顶级财富和颓废象征的美国城市市长是怎样的？
• 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。