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单词 degenerate
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de·gen·er·ate

verb
/dɪˈdʒenəreɪt/
/dɪˈdʒenəreɪt/
[intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they degenerate
/dɪˈdʒenəreɪt/
/dɪˈdʒenəreɪt/
he / she / it degenerates
/dɪˈdʒenəreɪts/
/dɪˈdʒenəreɪts/
past simple degenerated
/dɪˈdʒenəreɪtɪd/
/dɪˈdʒenəreɪtɪd/
past participle degenerated
/dɪˈdʒenəreɪtɪd/
/dɪˈdʒenəreɪtɪd/
-ing form degenerating
/dɪˈdʒenəreɪtɪŋ/
/dɪˈdʒenəreɪtɪŋ/
  1. to become worse, for example by becoming lower in quality or weaker恶化；蜕变；衰退 synonym deteriorate
    • Her health degenerated quickly.她的健康状况迅速恶化。
    • degenerate into something The march degenerated into a riot.示威游行演变成了暴乱。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • quickly
    • rapidly
    • easily
    • …
    preposition
    • into
    Word Originlate 15th cent.: from Latin degeneratus ‘no longer of its kind’, from the verb degenerare, from degener ‘debased’, from de- ‘away from’ + genus, gener- ‘race, kind’.

de·gen·er·ate

adjective
/dɪˈdʒenərət/
/dɪˈdʒenərət/
  1. having moral standards that have fallen to a level that is very low and unacceptable to most people堕落的；颓废的
    • a degenerate popular culture颓废的大众文化
    Word Originlate 15th cent.: from Latin degeneratus ‘no longer of its kind’, from the verb degenerare, from degener ‘debased’, from de- ‘away from’ + genus, gener- ‘race, kind’.

de·gen·er·ate

noun
/dɪˈdʒenərət/
/dɪˈdʒenərət/
  1. a person whose behaviour shows moral standards that have fallen to a very low level堕落的人
    Word Originlate 15th cent.: from Latin degeneratus ‘no longer of its kind’, from the verb degenerare, from degener ‘debased’, from de- ‘away from’ + genus, gener- ‘race, kind’.
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