degenerate

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a. 堕落的 vi. 退化, 堕落 vt. 使变质, 使退化

发音

US /dɪˈd͡ʒɛnəɹɪt/
其它 /dɪˈd͡ʒɛnəɹeɪt/
其它 /dɪˈd͡ʒɛnəɹɪt/
其它 /dɪˈd͡ʒɛnəɹɪt/
其它 /dɪˈd͡ʒɛnəɹɪt/

词形变化

degenerates 复数 degenerates degenerated degenerates 三单 degenerating degenerating 现在分词 degenerated 过去式 degenerated 过去分词 more degenerate 比较级 most degenerate 最高级

教材释义与例句

名词

堕落的人

动词

退化;堕落

动词

使退化;恶化

形容词

退化的;堕落的

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    One who is degenerate, who has fallen from previous stature; an immoral or corrupt person.

    In the cult of degenerates, acts of decency, kindness and modesty could be seen as acts of apostasy.

v.
  1. 1.

    To lose good or desirable qualities.

    恶化

    不及物

    His condition continued to degenerate even after admission to hospital.

  2. 2.

    To cause to lose good or desirable qualities.

    及物
adj.
  1. 1.

    Having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal, coherent, balanced and desirable to undesirable and typically abnormal.

    恶化

    堕落

    变质

  2. 2.

    Having lost good or desirable qualities; hence also having bad character or habits, base, immoral, corrupt. ABR

  3. 3.

    Having lost functionality in general.

  4. 4.

    Having multiple domain elements correspond to one element of the range.

    The genetic code is degenerate because a single amino acid can be coded by one of several codons.

  5. 5.

    Qualitatively different, usually simpler, than typical objects of its class.

    数学

    A degenerate circle, having radius zero, consists of a single point.

  6. 6.

    Having multiple different (linearly independent) eigenvectors.

    数学
  7. 7.

    Having the same quantum energy level.

    物理

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词源

From a substantivation of the above adjective, see -ate (noun-forming suffix) for more. Compare French dégénéré.

来源:wiktionary