v.退化；堕落
adj.堕落的；退化的
n.堕落的人
Watching TV too much would degenerate your brain. 多看电视会使你的头脑退化。
His health is degenerating rapidly. 他的健康状况迅速恶化。
Will too much freedom make them degenerate? 太多的自由会令他们堕落吗?
He didn't let riches and luxury make him degenerate. 他不因财富和奢华而自甘堕落。
Liberty is apt to degenerate into lawlessness. 自由容易沦为无法无天。
用作形容词 (adj.)The thief was a degenerate member of a fine family. 那小偷是优秀家族的堕落的成员。
The newly emerging forces are bound to defeat what is corrupt and degenerate. 新生力量必然战胜腐朽力量。
Cheap unsatisfying pleasures are made all in all in this degenerate age. 无价值而不能使人满足的享乐在这败坏的世代被认为是头等重要的事。
用作名词 (n.)