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单词 degeneration
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Definition of degeneration in English:

degeneration

noun dɪˌdʒɛnəˈreɪʃ(ə)ndəˌdʒɛnəˈreɪʃ(ə)n
mass noun
  • 1The state or process of being or becoming degenerate; decline or deterioration.

    overgrazing has caused serious degeneration of grassland
    Example sentencesExamples
    • With these measures in place, we are optimistic that initiatives to control youth degeneration would begin to bear fruit.
    • The degeneration is even more evident in the literature and philosophy courses at the secondary level.
    • What we have is, we have a general cultural degeneration, of the institution of the family.
    • Once you start a war, never think you can control its degeneration and its consequences.
    • Their complete failure results into their degeneration into savagery.
    • Our society has almost sunk into abysmal moral degeneration and deterioration.
    • At the same time, the pernicious influence of new urban cultural patterns could share some of the blame for rural degeneration.
    • How does he propose to fix the problem of moral degeneration and cultural decline?
    • When we focus only on delinquent students, we allow some of the real culprits in this cycle of school degeneration to escape unscathed.
    • Time is thus measured as the extent to which one's virtuous labor gives way to corruption and degeneration.
    • They were pessimists, who refused to see history in terms of progress, and instead saw it as a desperate struggle against degeneration.
    • Then as now technical progress and terror of social degeneration were two sides of the same process.
    • The social degeneration that the government's abdication of its role has caused has not been identified with any real clarity.
    • Uncontrolled and unplanned tourism has led to natural, cultural and social degeneration inside the so-called host nations.
    • She believes that parents cannot escape the responsibility for the degeneration in the study of arts.
    • The murder has shocked a community that in recent years has tried to shrug off a poor image of poverty and degeneration.
    • We are not dealing with merely a process of intellectual degeneration.
    • However, the 1980s marked the completion of the process of degeneration of the unions.
    • That last sentence in particular registers a serious demoralisation and also political degeneration.
    • But students could begin to challenge the degeneration of higher education by demanding a bit more.
    Synonyms
    deterioration, decline, decay, debasement, degradation, slide, sinking, descent, drop, regression, retrogression, lapse
    atrophy
    rare devolution
    1. 1.1Medicine Deterioration and loss of function in the cells of a tissue or organ.
      degeneration of the muscle fibres
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Radiation therapy for exudative macular degeneration has also been attempted.
      • Histopathology shows degeneration of the smooth muscle with fibrosis.
      • Menopause is the transition period of the degeneration of ovarian functions.
      • It damages the nerve cells in the brain and causes degeneration, deterioration and gradual loss of function of areas of the brain.
      • All biopsies showed evidence of muscle fiber degeneration and regeneration.
      Synonyms
      deterioration, decline, decay, debasement, degradation, slide, sinking, descent, drop, regression, retrogression, lapse
 
 

Definition of degeneration in US English:

degeneration

noundəˌjenəˈrāSH(ə)ndəˌdʒɛnəˈreɪʃ(ə)n
  • 1The state or process of being or becoming degenerate; decline or deterioration.

    overgrazing has caused serious degeneration of grassland
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The degeneration is even more evident in the literature and philosophy courses at the secondary level.
    • Then as now technical progress and terror of social degeneration were two sides of the same process.
    • At the same time, the pernicious influence of new urban cultural patterns could share some of the blame for rural degeneration.
    • They were pessimists, who refused to see history in terms of progress, and instead saw it as a desperate struggle against degeneration.
    • With these measures in place, we are optimistic that initiatives to control youth degeneration would begin to bear fruit.
    • However, the 1980s marked the completion of the process of degeneration of the unions.
    • The social degeneration that the government's abdication of its role has caused has not been identified with any real clarity.
    • The murder has shocked a community that in recent years has tried to shrug off a poor image of poverty and degeneration.
    • That last sentence in particular registers a serious demoralisation and also political degeneration.
    • She believes that parents cannot escape the responsibility for the degeneration in the study of arts.
    • How does he propose to fix the problem of moral degeneration and cultural decline?
    • Once you start a war, never think you can control its degeneration and its consequences.
    • We are not dealing with merely a process of intellectual degeneration.
    • Their complete failure results into their degeneration into savagery.
    • But students could begin to challenge the degeneration of higher education by demanding a bit more.
    • What we have is, we have a general cultural degeneration, of the institution of the family.
    • Uncontrolled and unplanned tourism has led to natural, cultural and social degeneration inside the so-called host nations.
    • Time is thus measured as the extent to which one's virtuous labor gives way to corruption and degeneration.
    • Our society has almost sunk into abysmal moral degeneration and deterioration.
    • When we focus only on delinquent students, we allow some of the real culprits in this cycle of school degeneration to escape unscathed.
    Synonyms
    deterioration, decline, decay, debasement, degradation, slide, sinking, descent, drop, regression, retrogression, lapse
    1. 1.1Medicine Deterioration and loss of function in the cells of a tissue or organ.
      degeneration of the muscle fibers
      Example sentencesExamples
      • All biopsies showed evidence of muscle fiber degeneration and regeneration.
      • Histopathology shows degeneration of the smooth muscle with fibrosis.
      • It damages the nerve cells in the brain and causes degeneration, deterioration and gradual loss of function of areas of the brain.
      • Radiation therapy for exudative macular degeneration has also been attempted.
      • Menopause is the transition period of the degeneration of ovarian functions.
      Synonyms
      deterioration, decline, decay, debasement, degradation, slide, sinking, descent, drop, regression, retrogression, lapse
 
 
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