degenerated

英 [dɪˈdʒenəreɪtɪd]

美 [dɪˈdʒenəreɪtɪd]

v.  恶化; 蜕变; 衰退
degenerate的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

The verb is pronounced /dɪ'dʒenəreɪt/. The adjective and noun are pronounced /dɪ'dʒenərət/. 动词读作 /dɪ'dʒenəreɪt/。形容词和名词读作 /dɪ'dʒenərət/。


• VERB 恶化;变糟;衰退;堕落
  If you say that someone or somethingdegenerates, you mean that they become worse in some way, for example weaker, lower in quality, or more dangerous.
  1. Inactivity can make your joints stiff, and the bones may begin to degenerate...
     长期不活动会导致关节僵硬，骨骼也可能开始退化。
  2. From then on the whole tone of the campaign began to degenerate.
     从那时起，整个活动的基调开始变质。
  3. ...a very serious humanitarian crisis which could degenerate into a catastrophe.
     一场非常严重的、可能演变成灾难的人道主义危机
• ADJ-GRADED 堕落的;腐化的
  If you describe a person or their behaviour asdegenerate, you disapprove of them because you think they have low standards of behaviour or morality.
  1. ...a group of degenerate computer hackers.
     一群堕落的计算机黑客
  2. ...the degenerate attitudes he found among some of his fellow officers.
     他在一些警队同僚身上发现的腐化态度
• 堕落的人;腐化的人
  If you refer to someone as adegenerate, you disapprove of them because you think they have low standards of behaviour or morality.

双语例句

• At that juncture he turned completely away from his comrades, and degenerated into a renegade.
  就在那关键时刻，他完全背弃了自己的同志，终于堕落为叛徒。
• During metamorphosis, the larval midgut epithelium degenerated and the pupal epithelial cells due to differentiation of larval regenerative cells replaced the larval epithelial cells.
  在变态发育期间，中肠上皮经历了广泛的重组，由再生细胞重新形成的蛹上皮替代了幼虫上皮。
• Napoleon also degenerated marshals of Main Army by honor, money, and beautiful women. He changed the character of the Revolutionary Army.
  拿破仑还用荣誉、财富和美女腐蚀了大军团的将帅，改变了军队的性质。
• The temple system of worship had degenerated to the point that it had become worse than a sham.
  礼拜制度堕落如斯，竟比假作虔诚更恶。
• His health degenerated with disease and old age.
  他的健康随着疾病和年老而衰退。
• Such a partner cannot be a Europe that has degenerated into rival state groups.
  一个沦为相互对立的国家集团的欧洲，是不可能成为这种伙伴的。
• The meeting degenerated into a sterile debate.
  会议蜕变成了一场毫无生气的辩论。
• When the embryo differentiated cotyledons, the haustorium cells gradually degenerated, then disappear.
  胚分化出子叶时，胚乳吸器自合点端向珠孔端退化。
• Standards in the administration of justice have degenerated
  执法标准下降了。
• A person degenerated into the criminal, not merely is individual, the entire society all has the responsibility.
  一个人沦为了罪犯，并不仅仅是个人之过，整个社会都是有责任的。