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

• The addition of three sinewaves results in a composite wave. The nonlinear wave shape degenerates to a sinusoidal wave.
  增加三个正弦波可形成一个复合波。
• The human stock goes on, even though it degenerates.
  虽然衰败了，但这样的家族还在延续。
• The intervertebral disc degenerates 'most early in the human tissues.
  椎间盘是人体组织中最早发生退行性改变的部位。
• 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 secrets are shared with a polynomial which degenerates to a lower order polynomial for different thresholds.
  通过一个多项式共享秘密，该多项式在不同级门限中退化为不同的低阶多项式。
• 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。
• This easily degenerates into pessimism about future economic developments.
  这很容易滑向对未来经济发展的悲观主义。
• When the outer shell degenerates, it allows the central part of the disk to escape.
  当外层发生退行性病变，造成椎间盘中央部分的逸出。
• For example, the widely use of air conditioning degenerates the idea of the using of air velocity.
  比如空调的广泛使用反而使充分利用空气流动降温的思想退化了。
• The land environment degenerates;
  土地环境退化；