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

• 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。
• I tend to go for decadence to state my financial position in life.
  对于说我的经济地位我感觉有点颓废。
• But many on the rich list are politically well-connected and retain a residual ideological opposition to "Western decadence".
  不过，富豪榜上许多人与政界关系良好，并仍然残余着抵制“西方堕落思想”的意识形态。
• 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。
• 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？
• This renaissance is beginning now, when people least expect it, when people see only decadence and sterility.
  这次复兴正在开始，它开始在人们最不能预料的时候，它开始在人们只看到衰朽和停滞的时候。
• 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。
• 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。
• The decadence of morals is bad for nation.
  道德的堕落对于国家是不利的。
• Although the period began with great promise in many fields, by1600 the Renaissance had petered out, leaving political chaos, theological uncertainty, and cultural decadence in its wake.
  尽管在这时期的开始，在很多领域有很多重大的允诺，但到1600年时，文艺复兴运动已逐渐消失，残留著政治纷乱、神学的不确定性以及文化的颓废。