degeneracy
英 [dɪ'dʒenərəsɪ]
美[dɪ'dʒɛnərəsi]
- n. 退化；[物] 简并；堕落；退步
英英释意
- 1. the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
- 2. moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles;
- "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"
- "moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration"
- "its brothels; its opium parlors; its depravity"