decadence
英 ['dek?d(?)ns]
美['d?k?d?ns]
- n. 墮落，頹廢；衰落
GRE低頻詞暢通詞匯
中文詞源
decadence 墮落
de-, 向下。-cad, 掉落，詞源同case, accident. 引申義墮落。
英文詞源
- decadence (n.)
- 1540s, from Middle French décadence (early 15c.), from Medieval Latin decadentia "decay," from decadentem (nominative decadens) "decaying," present participle of decadere "to decay," from Latin de- "apart, down" (see de-) + cadere "to fall" (see case (n.1)). Used of periods in art since 1852, on French model.
雙語例句
- 1. The empire had for years been falling into decadence.
- 這個帝國走向腐朽墮落已經(jīng)經(jīng)年。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The country, they say, will inevitably now plunge headlong into decadence.
- 他們說，現(xiàn)在整個國家會不可避免地一頭陷入衰退中。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. the decadence of modern Western society
- 現(xiàn)代西方社會的頹廢現(xiàn)象
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 4. The decadence of morals is bad for a nation.
- 道德的墮落對國家是不利的.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. That city seems to be the hothouse of decadence.
- 該城市似乎是墮落的溫床.
來自辭典例句