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

• 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。
• The popular view is that, although technology and GDP advance, morals and society are treading water or, depending on your choice of newspaper, sinking back into decadence and barbarism.
  取决于你爱看哪种立场的报纸，流行的看法是：尽管科技和GDP发展了，道德与社会却停滞不前，甚至可说是，正在向颓废和野蛮沉沦。
• 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。
• That city seems to be the hothouse of decadence.
  该城市似乎是堕落的温床。
• He was so trustworthy that they called him the trustworthy. 1 Muhammad was very religious, and he had long detested the decadence and idolatry of his society.
  他值得信赖的特征为他博得「信赖」美名。1穆罕默德极为笃信宗教，他长期以来持续谴责其社会的颓废及盲目崇拜。
• Even today it suffers from under development and decadence, like any other remote village.
  与其他偏远村庄一样，即使在今天，该地区还是欠发达，景象残破。
• Britain is a nation fallen to decadence in decline.
  英国成了一个衰落中的堕落国家。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？