depravity

英 [dɪˈprævəti]

美 [dɪˈprævəti]

n.  堕落; 腐化

复数：depravities　

GRE法律

BNC.21661 / COCA.21090

牛津词典

noun

• 堕落；腐化
  the state of being morally bad
  1. a life of depravity
     腐化的生活

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 堕落;腐化;道德败坏;邪恶
  Depravityis very dishonest or immoral behaviour.
  1. ...the absolute depravity that can exist in war.
     会在战争中存在的至恶
  2. ...the righteous struggle between decency and depravity.
     在高尚和堕落之间的道德挣扎

英英释义

noun

• a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice
  1. the various turpitudes of modern society
  Synonym:turpitude
• moral perversion
  1. the luxury and corruption among the upper classes
  2. moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration
  3. its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity
  4. Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction
  Synonym:corruptiondegeneracydepravationputrefaction

双语例句

• But depravity, evasion and suicide cannot free oneself form and solve all the problems.
  堕落，逃避和自杀不能让人获得自由和解决所有的问题。
• It is a mark of depravity to make a mock of good advice and kind rebuke.
  嘲笑别人的忠告和善意指责是堕落的标志。
• It is a crucial matter in harnessing of "academic depravity" that researches and builds a scientific and disinterested appreciation mechanism of academic achievement in social sciences.
  研究和建立科学、正的社会科学学术成果评价机制，是整治学术腐败的关键。
• You simply can't vet the moral worth or at least, the absence of obvious, deep-seated depravity of every potential Oscar nominee.
  不能简单地用道德价值去衡量每一位奥斯卡提名者。
• Every old man complains of the growing depravity of the world, of the petulance and insolence of the rising generation.
  每个老人都抱怨世界日益腐败，正在成长的一代人无礼傲慢。
• The Master-at-Arm's character shows "a depravity according to nature".
  这位军械长的性格表现出一种服从本能的堕落。
• Without question, she is equally in the dark as to her soul, its present depravity and future destiny!
  毫无疑问，她对自己的灵魂，对目前的堕落，对未来的命运，全然一无所知！
• Old Testament depravity has no place in this school.
  这个学校不允许任何堕落的事情。
• Arrogance is followed by destruction, and unbridled conceitedness by depravity; it is not necessary to defeat others to make our own sucess.
  骄傲的后面是毁灭，狂妄的后面是堕落。为了放射自己的光，无需吹灭别人的灯。
• Inferiority and Surpassing of Inferiority& An Individual Psychological Analysis of Sink into Depravity
  自卑与超越&《沉沦》的个体心理学分析