depravity

英 [dɪˈprævəti]

美 [dɪˈprævəti]

n.  堕落; 腐化

复数：depravities　

GRE法律

BNC.21661 / COCA.21090

牛津词典

noun

• 堕落；腐化
  the state of being morally bad
  1. a life of depravity
     腐化的生活

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 堕落;腐化;道德败坏;邪恶
  Depravityis very dishonest or immoral behaviour.
  1. ...the absolute depravity that can exist in war.
     会在战争中存在的至恶
  2. ...the righteous struggle between decency and depravity.
     在高尚和堕落之间的道德挣扎

英英释义

noun

• a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice
  1. the various turpitudes of modern society
  Synonym:turpitude
• moral perversion
  1. the luxury and corruption among the upper classes
  2. moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration
  3. its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity
  4. Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction
  Synonym:corruptiondegeneracydepravationputrefaction

双语例句

• There are many lands which have been made very dirty through war and conflict, through vice and depravity and through extraction of and pollution through oil, gas, coal, and other'raw materials '.
  有许多土地已经由于战争和冲突，恶性和堕落，石油天然气煤矿以及其它原生能源的大量攫取和污染，变得非常脏污。
• Last night's harrowing television pictures plumbed new depths of depravity.
  昨晚触目惊心的电视画面堕落到了新低。
• Fitzgerald attributes the depravity of the modern dream to wealth and privilege.
  菲茨杰拉德把现在美国梦的堕落归过与财富与特权。
• The Master-at-Arm's character shows "a depravity according to nature".
  这位军械长的性格表现出一种服从本能的堕落。
• Every old man complains of the growing depravity of the world, of the petulance and insolence of the rising generation.
  每个老人都抱怨世界日益腐败，正在成长的一代人无礼傲慢。
• Without question, she is equally in the dark as to her soul, its present depravity and future destiny!
  毫无疑问，她对自己的灵魂，对目前的堕落，对未来的命运，全然一无所知！
• Conduct or an action marked by depravity or brutality.
  兽行表现为野蛮或残忍的行为或举止。
• Arrogance is followed by destruction, and unbridled conceitedness by depravity; it is not necessary to defeat others to make our own sucess.
  骄傲的后面是毁灭，狂妄的后面是堕落。为了放射自己的光，无需吹灭别人的灯。
• Inferiority and Surpassing of Inferiority& An Individual Psychological Analysis of Sink into Depravity
  自卑与超越&《沉沦》的个体心理学分析
• That's untrue. I don't share in his depravity!
  不对，我不会和他一起堕落的！