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

• 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 young offenders is always firstly caused by their families and then society.
  少年犯的堕落首先是由他们的家庭造成的、然后才是由社会造成的。
• 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。
• America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.
  美国是唯一一个直接从野蛮进入颓废、中间没有经过文明阶段的社会。
• 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。
• When it crystallized into an aesthetic ritual, it fell into decadence and corruption.
  当文艺复兴成为一种美学定式，它就开始了颓废和堕落。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。