de·gen·er·a·cy /dɪˈʤɛnrəsi, ˈʤɛnə, di-/
退步,退化,墮落
de·gen·er·a·cy /dɪˈʤɛn(ə)rəsɪ/ 名詞
簡並
De·gen·er·a·cy n.
1. The act of becoming degenerate; a growing worse.
Willful degeneracy from goodness. --Tillotson.
2. The state of having become degenerate; decline in good qualities; deterioration; meanness.
Degeneracy of spirit in a state of slavery. --Addison.
To recover mankind out of their universal corruption and degeneracy. --S. Clarke.
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degeneracy
n 1: the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
[syn: degeneration, decadence, decadency]
2: moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles;
"the luxury and corruption among the upper classes";
"moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration";
"its brothels; its opium parlors; its depravity" [syn: corruption,
depravity]