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]