decadence

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n. 颓废

发音

UK /ˈdɛkədəns/
其它

词形变化

decadences 复数 decadences

教材释义与例句

名词

堕落，颓废；衰落

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration; decay

    腐朽

    堕落

    颓废

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    The quality of being luxuriously self-indulgent.

    可数 不可数

    the decadence of a five-star hotel

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

degeneration decadency degeneracy

上位词 3

degradation abasement abjection

词源

From French décadence, from Medieval Latin decadentia (“decay”), from *decadens (“decaying”), present participle of *decadere (“to decay”); see decay.

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