decadent

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a. 衰微的, 颓废的 n. 颓废派

发音

其它 /ˈdɛkədənt/

词形变化

decadents 复数 decadents more decadent 比较级 most decadent 最高级

别名

décadent

教材释义与例句

名词

颓废者

形容词

颓废的；衰微的

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A person affected by moral decay.

    L. Douglas He had the fastidiousness, the preciosity, the love of archaisms, of your true decadent.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Characterized by moral or cultural decline.

    腐朽

    糜烂

    颓废

  2. 2.

    Luxuriously self-indulgent.

    2003, Hedonismbot in the Futurama episode "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings" Surgery in an opera? How wonderfully decadent! And just as I was beginning to lose interest!

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 1

fin de siecle

近义相关 2

immoral indulgent

词源

From French décadent, a back-formation from décadence (see -ent), from Medieval Latin dēcadentia, from Late Latin dēcadēns, present participle of dēcadō, dēcidō (“sink, fall; perish”), from Latin dē- + cadō (“fall”).

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