depravity
/dɪˈprævətɪ/noun
(pl. -ies)[mass noun]
1- moral corruption堕落, 腐化, 道德败坏:
a tale of wickedness and depravity hard to credit.
难以置信的邪恶与腐败行为的故事。
1.1
- count noun a wicked or morally corrupt act堕落行为, 邪恶行为。
1.2
- Christian Theology the innate corruptness of human nature, due to original sin【基督教神学】(人性中源于原罪的)固有堕落本性。
词源
mid 17th cent.: alteration (influenced by DEPRAVE) of obsolete pravity, from Latin pravitas, from pravus 'crooked, perverse'.