decadence
英 [ˈdekədəns]
美 [ˈdekədəns]
n. 堕落; 颓废; 贪图享乐
BNC.20570 / COCA.17922
牛津词典
noun
- 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- the decadence of modern Western society
现代西方社会的颓废现象
- the decadence of modern Western society
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 堕落的;颓废的
If you say that a person or society isdecadent, you think that they have low moral standards and are interested mainly in pleasure.- ...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 - ...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
- ...restrictions on the number of decadent western films that were allowed to be shown.
英英释义
noun
- the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
双语例句
- 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。 - 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? - 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。 - 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。 - 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? - That city seems to be the hothouse of decadence.
该城市似乎是堕落的温床。 - 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。 - The decadence of late Victorian art.
维多利亚晚期文艺的衰落。 - 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。 - 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。