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

• 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？
• Tamsin is rich, spoilt and trying to live a life of seductive decadence.
  塔姆西是个有钱人，过着放纵而颓废的生活。
• 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 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。
• The decadence of morals is bad for nation.
  道德的堕落对于国家是不利的。
• 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。
• 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 decadence of late Victorian art.
  维多利亚晚期文艺的衰落。
• 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。
• 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。