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单词 degeneracy
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
de•gen•er•a•cy  (di jen′ər ə sē),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. degenerate state or character.
  2. the process of degenerating;
    decline.
  3. degenerate behavior, esp. behavior considered sexually deviant.
  4. Physicsthe number of distinct quantum states of a system that have a given energy.
  • degener(ate) + -acy 1655–65

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
degeneracy /dɪˈdʒɛnərəsɪ/ n ( pl -cies)
  1. the act or state of being degenerate
  2. the process of becoming degenerate
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
de•gen•er•ate /v. dɪˈdʒɛnəˌreɪt; adj., n. -ərɪt/USA pronunciation   v., -at•ed, -at•ing, adj., n. 
v. [no obj]
  1. to decline or get worse in personal qualities;
    deteriorate:Idleness caused his character to degenerate.
  2. [ ~ (+ into + obj)] to lower or become lower in quality;
    fall from a high or normal standard.

adj. 
  1. having declined in personal qualities;
    deteriorated;
    degraded;
    depraved:a degenerate ruler.

n. [countable]
  1. a person who has declined, esp. in morals, from a standard:a drunken degenerate.
de•gen•er•a•cy /dɪˈdʒɛnərəsi/USA pronunciation  n. [uncountable]
de•gen•er•a•tion /dɪˌdʒɛnəˈreɪʃən/USA pronunciation  n. [uncountable]physical degeneration.
de•gen•er•a•tive /-ərətɪv, -əˌreɪtɪv/USA pronunciation  adj. See -gen-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
de•gen•er•ate  (v. di jen′ə rāt′;adj., n. di jen′ər it),USA pronunciation v., -at•ed, -at•ing, adj., n. 
v.i. 
  1. to fall below a normal or desirable level in physical, mental, or moral qualities;
    deteriorate:The morale of the soldiers degenerated, and they were unable to fight.
  2. to diminish in quality, esp. from a former state of coherence, balance, integrity, etc.:The debate degenerated into an exchange of insults.
  3. Pathologyto lose functional activity, as a tissue or organ.
  4. Biology[Evolution.](of a species or any of its traits or structures) to revert to a simple, less highly organized, or less functionally active type, as a parasitic plant that has lost its taproot or the vestigial wings of a flightless bird.

v.t. 
  1. to cause degeneration in;
    bring about a decline, deterioration, or reversion in.

adj. 
  1. having fallen below a normal or desirable level, esp. in physical or moral qualities;
    deteriorated;
    degraded:a degenerate king.
  2. having lost, or become impaired with respect to, the qualities proper to the race or kind:a degenerate vine.
  3. characterized by or associated with degeneracy:degenerate times.
  4. Mathematicspertaining to a limiting case of a mathematical system that is more symmetrical or simpler in form than the general case.
  5. Physics
    • Physics(of modes of vibration of a system) having the same frequency.
    • Physics(of quantum states of a system) having equal energy.

n. 
  1. a person who has declined, as in morals or character, from a type or standard considered normal.
  2. a person or thing that reverts to an earlier stage of culture, development, or evolution.
  3. a sexual deviate.
  • Latin dēgenerātus (past participle of dēgenerāre to decline from an ancestral standard), equivalent. to dē de- + gener-, stem of genus race (see genus) + -ātus -ate1; see generate
  • 1485–95
de•gen′er•ate•ly, adv. 
de•gen′er•ate•ness, n. 
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged worsen, decline, backslide, retrogress.
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