decadence

英 ['dekədəns] 美 ['dekədəns]

• n. 衰落；颓废

英英释义

Noun:

1. the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The decadence of morals is bad for nation.
   道德的堕落对于国家是不利的。
2. But even your dreams will be but a pale shadow of my true decadence.
   但你的梦不过是我真实衰落中一个苍白的影子罢了。
3. In time, the foul odor of Roman decadence would grow harder to disguise.
   时日一到，罗马矫饰的颓废气味终将难以遮掩。
4. It embraced a decadence and an abandon that set it apart from the rest of Egypt.
   这里拥抱着某种颓废和狂放，让它有别于埃及的其它地方。

经典引文

• Some pathetic exclamation on the decadence of taste and genius.

  出自： Goldsmith

• I have no profession...It is another example of my decadence.

  出自： E. M. Forster

近反义词

【近义词】

• corruption 贪污
• debauchery 放荡
• depravity 堕落
• dissolution 破裂
• self-indulgence 自我放纵
• profligacy 放荡
• dissipation 损耗
• excess 超过
• degeneracy 退步
• decadency 衰微
• degeneration 堕落