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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

    双语例句

    • Dr Liao can remember when plastic surgery would have been seen as bourgeois decadence of the first order.
      廖医生记得,要是在过去,整容手术会被看作头等的资产阶级腐化行为。
    • 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。
    • 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?
    • It was an age of decadence.
      那是个颓废的时代。
    • Iran's government has long been hostile to neckties, which is seen as a symbol of Western decadence.
      伊朗政府一直对领带这种西方颓废文化的象征深恶痛绝。
    • Because of its decadence, few want to understand the art taking place in the bullring. Abstract: The author analyses some obstacles that exist in the development of countryside market and thein causes.
      鉴于这个原因,很少有人愿意去理解斗牛场中发生的这种艺术。文摘:分析了开拓农村市场面临的几种障碍及产生的原因。
    • 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。
    • 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。
    • Tamsin is rich, spoilt and trying to live a life of seductive decadence.
      塔姆西是个有钱人,过着放纵而颓废的生活。