| 单词 | degenerate |
| 释义 | degenerate (once / 630 pages) nadjv If something degenerates, it gets worse, like a food fight that degenerates to an all-out spaghetti-throwing war. Degenerate can also describe an immoral person — or the behavior of such a person. Whether used as a verb, noun, or adjective, degenerate carries a sense of making worse or decline — not living up to the standards set by your ancestors — or becoming unlike the people of your race or kind. People who are degenerate, or who exhibit degenerate behavior, are often set apart from others, in part out of fear that their influence will degenerate the morals of the impressionable people around them. WORD FAMILYdegenerate: degeneracy, degenerated, degenerately, degenerates, degenerating, degeneration, degenerative+/degeneracy: degeneracies/degeneration: degenerations USAGE EXAMPLESHe was critical of much of modern tennis, saying the sport had degenerated into a boring contest of baseline slugging. Washington Post(Nov 15, 2016) It was a delirious, degenerate pantomime of authority seized and undermined. The New Yorker(Nov 11, 2016) Toxic politics have degenerated to rank-and-file hatred of the other side. Seattle Times(Nov 09, 2016) 1n a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior Syn|Hypo|Hyper deviant, deviate, pervert fetishist one who engages in fetishism (especially of a sexual nature) masochistsomeone who obtains pleasure from receiving punishment nympho, nymphomaniaca woman with abnormal sexual desires child molester, paederast, pederasta man who has sex (usually sodomy) with a boy as the passive partner paedophile, pedophilean adult who is sexually attracted to children sadistsomeone who obtains pleasure from inflicting pain or others sadomasochistsomeone who enjoys both sadism and masochism lech, lecher, letch, satyrman with strong sexual desires flagellanta person who is whipped or whips himself for sexual gratification miscreant, reprobate a person without moral scruples 2adj unrestrained by convention or morality Syn debauched, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, fast, libertine, profligate, riotous immoral deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong 3v grow worse Conditions in the slums degenerated Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper deteriorate, devolve, drop convalesce, recover, recuperate get over an illness or shock recuperaterestore to good health or strength fatigue, jade, pall, tire, weary lose interest or become bored with something or somebody fade, languishbecome feeble rot, wastebecome physically weaker gangrene, mortify, necrose, sphacelateundergo necrosis conk out, peter out, poop out, run down, run outuse up all one's strength and energy and stop working retire, withdrawlose interest decline, worsen grow worse |
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