degeneration

英 [dɪˌdʒenəˈreɪʃn]

美 [dɪˌdʒenəˈreɪʃn]

n.  蜕化; 衰退; 堕落

化学

BNC.19689 / COCA.16383

牛津词典

noun

• 蜕化；衰退；堕落
  the process of becoming worse or less acceptable in quality or condition
  1. social/moral degeneration
     社会倒退；道德沦丧
  2. Intensive farming in the area has caused severe degeneration of the land.
     这个地区的集约化农业使得土壤严重贫瘠化。

柯林斯词典

The verb is pronounced /dɪ'dʒenəreɪt/. The adjective and noun are pronounced /dɪ'dʒenərət/. 动词读作 /dɪ'dʒenəreɪt/。形容词和名词读作 /dɪ'dʒenərət/。


• VERB 恶化;变糟;衰退;堕落
  If you say that someone or somethingdegenerates, you mean that they become worse in some way, for example weaker, lower in quality, or more dangerous.
  1. Inactivity can make your joints stiff, and the bones may begin to degenerate...
     长期不活动会导致关节僵硬，骨骼也可能开始退化。
  2. From then on the whole tone of the campaign began to degenerate.
     从那时起，整个活动的基调开始变质。
  3. ...a very serious humanitarian crisis which could degenerate into a catastrophe.
     一场非常严重的、可能演变成灾难的人道主义危机
• ADJ-GRADED 堕落的;腐化的
  If you describe a person or their behaviour asdegenerate, you disapprove of them because you think they have low standards of behaviour or morality.
  1. ...a group of degenerate computer hackers.
     一群堕落的计算机黑客
  2. ...the degenerate attitudes he found among some of his fellow officers.
     他在一些警队同僚身上发现的腐化态度
• 堕落的人;腐化的人
  If you refer to someone as adegenerate, you disapprove of them because you think they have low standards of behaviour or morality.

英英释义

noun

• passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form
  Synonym:retrogression
• the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality
  Synonym:devolution
• the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
  Synonym:degeneracydecadencedecadency

双语例句

• The disease which can cause degeneration and broken of bruch's membrane can have choroidal neovascular.
  所有可以引起后极部玻璃膜破裂和变性的病变均有产生脉络膜新生血管的基础。
• Another mechanism leading to degeneration and atrophy following traditional open surgery is muscle denervation.
  另外一项导致传统开放式术后肌肉变性和萎缩的机制是去神经支配。
• Study Design. In io histologic study of nere ingrowth in the rabbit anular-puncture disc degeneration model.
  研究设计.这是在兔环状穿刺椎间盘退变模型中长入神经纤维的体内组织学研究。
• Objective To observe the expression of MMP-1and TIMP-1 in nucleus pulposus cells of intervertebral disc degeneration.
  目的测定MMP-1及TIMP-1在人退变椎间盘髓核中的表达，探讨其在人椎间盘退变发生、发展中的作用。
• Vision problems like cataracts and age-related macular degeneration affect millions of older adults.
  视力问题像白内障及老年性黄斑变性一样影响着数以百万计的老年人。
• There was no distinguished features between cystic degeneration of benign tumors and the liquefactive necrosis of malignancy.
  良性肿瘤的囊性变与恶性肿瘤的液化坏死在声像图上无特异性表现。
• Melanin sunglasses can help reduce the risk of cataract and Age-related Macular Degeneration ( AMD).
  黑色素太阳镜可以降低白内障和与年龄相关的黄斑变异（AMD）的危害。
• This is a late change in the degeneration of cells.
  这是细胞衰退的晚期变化。
• The study of the operation of factors causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced.
  对造成后代品质恶化的因子操作的研究。
• But the evidence to support the role of dietary antioxidants in preventing macular degeneration remains unclear.
  因此来自墨尔本大学澳大利亚眼科研究中心的科学家分析了食物中抗氧化剂对老年黄斑变性的预防作用。