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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

    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。
    • 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。
    • 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?
    • 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。
    • The film depicts capitalist decadence, with champagne flowing into glasses, smoky rooms, promiscuity and corrupt leaders.
      影片用畅饮香槟、乌烟瘴气的房间、男女的滥交以及腐败的领导人等场景来描述资本主义的堕落。
    • America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.
      美国是唯一一个直接从野蛮进入颓废、中间没有经过文明阶段的社会。
    • The decadence of morals is bad for nation.
      道德的堕落对于国家是不利的。
    • 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。
    • Britain is a nation fallen to decadence in decline.
      英国成了一个衰落中的堕落国家。
    • 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。