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名複: degenerates  

權威釋義

degenerate1

vi.

  1. 衰退；墮落；變壞[（+into）]
  2. 【生】退化

辨析

反義:

vi.「退化」的反義字

evolve develop

degenerate2

a.

  1. 衰退的；墮落的
  2. 【生】退化的

n.

  1. 墮落者；變態性慾者[C]

衍生

a.

degenerative

ad.

degenerately

n.

degenerateness

n. [U]

degeneration

以上來源於：《英漢大辭典》

adj.

/dɪˈdʒɛn(ə)rət/
  1. having lost the physical or moral qualities considered normal and desirable; showing evidence of decline.
    ▸Biology  having reverted to a simpler form as a result of losing a structure present in the ancestral form.
  2. Physics  relating to or denoting a quantized energy level corresponding to more than one state.
    ▸denoting matter at such high density (e.g. in neutron stars) that quantum effects are dominant.

n.

/dɪˈdʒɛn(ə)rət/ a morally degenerate person.

v.

/dɪˈdʒɛnəreɪt/ decline or deteriorate physically or morally.

Derivative

  • degeneracy n.
  • degenerately adv.

Etymology

C15: from L. degeneratus ‘no longer of its kind’, from degenerare, from degener ‘debased’, from de- + genus, gener- ‘race, kind’.

以上來源於：《簡明牛津英語詞典》