decadence

英 [ˈdekədəns] 美 [ˈdekədəns]

n.  堕落; 颓废; 贪图享乐

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BNC.20570 / COCA.17922



牛津词典

noun

  1. 堕落;颓废;贪图享乐
    behaviour, attitudes, etc. which show a fall in standards, especially moral ones, and an interest in pleasure and enjoyment rather than more serious things
    1. the decadence of modern Western society
      现代西方社会的颓废现象

柯林斯词典

  1. ADJ-GRADED 堕落的;颓废的
    If you say that a person or society is decadent, you think that they have low moral standards and are interested mainly in pleasure.
    1. ...restrictions on the number of decadent western films that were allowed to be shown.
      对颓靡的西方电影在上映数量上的限制
    2. ...the excesses and stresses of their decadent rock 'n' roll lifestyles.
      他们颓废的摇滚生活的种种放浪及层层重压

双语例句

  1. The country, they say, will inevitably now plunge headlong into decadence.
    他们说,现在整个国家会不可避免地一头陷入衰退中。
  2. America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.
    美国是唯一一个直接从野蛮进入颓废、中间没有经过文明阶段的社会。
  3. Iran's government has long been hostile to neckties, which is seen as a symbol of Western decadence.
    伊朗政府一直对领带这种西方颓废文化的象征深恶痛绝。
  4. I tend to go for decadence to state my financial position in life.
    对于说我的经济地位我感觉有点颓废。
  5. This renaissance is beginning now, when people least expect it, when people see only decadence and sterility.
    这次复兴正在开始,它开始在人们最不能预料的时候,它开始在人们只看到衰朽和停滞的时候。
  6. When it crystallized into an aesthetic ritual, it fell into decadence and corruption.
    当文艺复兴成为一种美学定式,它就开始了颓废和堕落。
  7. Dr Liao can remember when plastic surgery would have been seen as bourgeois decadence of the first order.
    廖医生记得,要是在过去,整容手术会被看作头等的资产阶级腐化行为。
  8. The decadence of morals is bad for nation.
    道德的堕落对于国家是不利的。
  9. But beneath their masks of relaxation and joviality there was only sterility, meaninglessness and futility, and amid the grandeur and extravagance a spiritual wasteland and a hint of decadence and moral decay.
    但在轻松享乐后留下的只是颓废和一无所取。在物质的奢华后是一片精神的荒原和道德沦丧。
  10. Although the period began with great promise in many fields, by1600 the Renaissance had petered out, leaving political chaos, theological uncertainty, and cultural decadence in its wake.
    尽管在这时期的开始,在很多领域有很多重大的允诺,但到1600年时,文艺复兴运动已逐渐消失,残留著政治纷乱、神学的不确定性以及文化的颓废。
  11. And it is the decadence of humanity that we see around in every way possible.
    我们现在在各处都可看见人类的堕落。
  12. It was an age of decadence.
    那是个颓废的时代。
  13. The film depicts capitalist decadence, with champagne flowing into glasses, smoky rooms, promiscuity and corrupt leaders.
    影片用畅饮香槟、乌烟瘴气的房间、男女的滥交以及腐败的领导人等场景来描述资本主义的堕落。
  14. The popular view is that, although technology and GDP advance, morals and society are treading water or, depending on your choice of newspaper, sinking back into decadence and barbarism.
    取决于你爱看哪种立场的报纸,流行的看法是:尽管科技和GDP发展了,道德与社会却停滞不前,甚至可说是,正在向颓废和野蛮沉沦。
  15. That city seems to be the hothouse of decadence.
    该城市似乎是堕落的温床。
  16. Shanxi Tea Merchant's decadence because of their traditional commercial activities didn't suit to large-scale socialized production and the development requirements of market economy.
    晋帮茶商衰落的深层次原因在于其代表的传统商贸活动方式不适应于社会化大生产和市场经济的发展要求。
  17. How does the mayor of a US city, the symbol for the over-the-top affluence and decadence of America look like?
    一个被世界成为顶级财富和颓废象征的美国城市市长是怎样的?
  18. Britain is a nation fallen to decadence in decline.
    英国成了一个衰落中的堕落国家。
  19. He was so trustworthy that they called him the trustworthy. 1 Muhammad was very religious, and he had long detested the decadence and idolatry of his society.
    他值得信赖的特征为他博得「信赖」美名。1穆罕默德极为笃信宗教,他长期以来持续谴责其社会的颓废及盲目崇拜。
  20. Chapter 14 sets forth a new theory of history, a theory of decadence and renaissance.
    本书的第14章提出了一个新的历史理论,一个关于衰朽与复兴的理论。
  21. I have been fighting the prevailing decadence for years.
    多年来我一直在和盛行的颓废现象作斗争。
  22. It is the decadence of the modern bull that has made bullfighting possible.
    正是现代公牛的退化使斗牛成为可能。
  23. His article has the power to turn decadence into legend.
    他的文章具有化破朽为神奇的力量。
  24. Even today it suffers from under development and decadence, like any other remote village.
    与其他偏远村庄一样,即使在今天,该地区还是欠发达,景象残破。
  25. The decadence of late Victorian art.
    维多利亚晚期文艺的衰落。
  26. But many on the rich list are politically well-connected and retain a residual ideological opposition to "Western decadence".
    不过,富豪榜上许多人与政界关系良好,并仍然残余着抵制“西方堕落思想”的意识形态。
  27. Tamsin is rich, spoilt and trying to live a life of seductive decadence.
    塔姆西是个有钱人,过着放纵而颓废的生活。
  28. Because of its decadence, few want to understand the art taking place in the bullring. Abstract: The author analyses some obstacles that exist in the development of countryside market and thein causes.
    鉴于这个原因,很少有人愿意去理解斗牛场中发生的这种艺术。文摘:分析了开拓农村市场面临的几种障碍及产生的原因。
  29. The decadence of young offenders is always firstly caused by their families and then society.
    少年犯的堕落首先是由他们的家庭造成的、然后才是由社会造成的。
  30. These are my recent thought, I feel really decadence, but what can I do?
    这就是最近的想法吧,感觉好颓废,可是我又能怎么办呢?

英英释义

noun

  1. the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities

      Synonym:    degeneracydegenerationdecadency