| 单词 | decadent |
| 释义 | decadent —decadently /dek"euh deuhnt lee, di kayd"nt-/, adv. /dek"euh deuhnt, di kayd"nt/, adj. 1. characterized by decadence, esp. culturally or morally: a decadent life of excessive money and no sense of responsibility. 2. (often cap.) of or like the decadents. n. 3. a person who is decadent. 4. (often cap.) one of a group of French and English writers of the latter part of the 19th century whose works were characterized by aestheticism, great refinement or subtlety of style, and a marked tendency toward the artificial and abnormal in content. [1830-40; back formation from DECADENCE; see -ENT] Syn. 1. corrupt, immoral, degenerate, debased, debauched, self-indulgent. |
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