degenerate

英 [d?'d?en(?)r?t] 美[d?'d??n?ret]

反義詞

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第三人稱單數(shù):?degenerates;過去式:?degenerated;過去分詞:?degenerated;現(xiàn)在分詞:?degenerating;名詞:?degeneracy;

degenerate 墮落，惡化

de-, 向下，離開。-gen, 出生，詞源同gene, generate. 原義為偏離祖訓，有損祖先名聲，后引申為墮落，惡化。

degenerate (adj.): late 15c., from Latin degeneratus, past participle of degenerare "to be inferior to one's ancestors, to become unlike one's race or kind, fall from ancestral quality," used of physical as well as moral qualities, from phrase de genere, from de + genus (genitive generis) "birth, descent" (see genus). The noun is from 1550s.
degenerate (v.): 1540s, from Latin degeneratus, past participle of degenerare "fall from ancestral quality" (see degenerate (adj.)). Figurative sense of "to fall off, decline" was in Latin. Related: Degenerated; degenerating.

2. The newly emerging forces are bound to defeat what is corrupt and degenerate.: 新生力量必然戰(zhàn)勝腐朽力量.

3. Inactivity can make your joints stiff, and the bones may begin to degenerate.: 長期不活動會導致關節(jié)僵硬，骨骼也可能開始退化。

4. From then on the whole tone of the campaign began to degenerate.: 從那時起，整個活動的基調開始變質。

5. We must not allow our necessary scepticism to degenerate into cynicism.: 我們不應讓必要的懷疑態(tài)度滑向玩世不恭.