英语词汇“degeneratenesses”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

degenerate /di-jenˈə-rit/

adjective

Having neglected the high qualities of mankind, become base, immoral, etc

Of two or more quantum states, having the same energy (physics)

noun

A person who is degenerate

intransitive verb

To decline from a more moral, desirable, etc state

To grow worse in quality or standard

transitive verb

Milton

To cause to degenerate

ORIGIN: L dēgenerāre, -ātum to depart from its kind, from dē from, down, and genus, generis kind

degenˈeracy noun

The act or process of becoming degenerate

The state of being degenerate

degenˈerately adverb

degenˈerateness noun

degenˈerāting adjective

degenerāˈtion noun

degenerāˈtionist noun

Someone who believes that the tendency of human beings is not to improve, but to degenerate

degenˈerative adjective

Tending or causing to degenerate

degenˈerous adjective (obsolete)

degenerative joint disease same as osteoarthritis (see under osteo-).