degenerates

英 [dɪˈdʒenəreɪts]

美 [dɪˈdʒenəreɪts]

v.  恶化; 蜕变; 衰退
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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.

双语例句

• This easily degenerates into pessimism about future economic developments.
  这很容易滑向对未来经济发展的悲观主义。
• Liberty often degenerates into lawlessness.
  自由常常变质为无法无天。
• I apologize for saying your parents were degenerates.
  我说你父母堕落，我向你道歉。
• The addition of three sinewaves results in a composite wave. The nonlinear wave shape degenerates to a sinusoidal wave.
  增加三个正弦波可形成一个复合波。
• She degenerates into a mere slut!
  她退化成为一个懒婆娘了！
• When the outer shell degenerates, it allows the central part of the disk to escape.
  当外层发生退行性病变，造成椎间盘中央部分的逸出。
• The intervertebral disc degenerates 'most early in the human tissues.
  椎间盘是人体组织中最早发生退行性改变的部位。
• When strength degenerates, reliability decreases with time more obviously, and the failure rate has the feature of a bathtub curve.
  强度退化时，可靠度随时间降低较为明显，失效率具有“浴盆”曲线的特征。
• For example, the widely use of air conditioning degenerates the idea of the using of air velocity.
  比如空调的广泛使用反而使充分利用空气流动降温的思想退化了。
• Either it degenerates very rapidly as is taking place now
  或者我们的大脑迅速退化，就象现在已经在发生的一样