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decadent + noun
形容词用法：常放在名词前，修饰艺术、道德、生活方式等，含贬义。
They rejected the decadent values of the old regime.
他们摒弃了旧政权颓废的价值观。
颓废者；道德或艺术上堕落的人
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颓废者；道德或艺术上堕落的人
a person who has fallen into a state of moral or artistic decadence
They rejected the decadent values of the old regime.
他们摒弃了旧政权颓废的价值观。
道德堕落的人；颓废者。
A person affected by moral decay.
道德或艺术上堕落的人
a person who has fallen into a decadent state (morally or artistically)
In his later years, the painter became a true decadent, caring only for rich colors and strange beauty.
晚年，这位画家成了一个真正的颓废者，只在乎浓烈的色彩和奇异的美。
These young decadents spend their weekends at expensive clubs and never think about tomorrow.
这些年轻的颓废者周末都泡在昂贵的俱乐部里，从不考虑明天。
The writer saw himself as a decadent, a man more interested in art than in ordinary life.
这位作家把自己看作一个颓废者——一个对艺术比对日常生活更感兴趣的人。
形容词用法：常放在名词前，修饰艺术、道德、生活方式等，含贬义。
They rejected the decadent values of the old regime.
他们摒弃了旧政权颓废的价值观。
形容词用法：作表语，描述某人、某事物或某风气已陷入颓废状态。
The art of that period was decadent in the eyes of many critics.
那个时期的艺术在许多批评家眼中是颓废的。
名词用法：可数名词，指道德或艺术上堕落的人；复数形式为 decadents。
He called himself a decadent, yet his work had a clear moral message.
他自称颓废者，但他的作品却有明确的道德寓意。
Not this
The decadent of the Roman Empire led to its fall.
Use this
The decadence of the Roman Empire led to its fall.
decadent 是形容词（或指颓废派人士的可数名词），不能用来表示“衰微、颓废”这一抽象概念。表达抽象意义时要用名词 decadence。
Not this
The old building looks so decadent.
Use this
The old building looks so dilapidated.
decadent 指道德、艺术或文化上的颓废，不表示建筑物因年久失修而破败。形容建筑破旧要用 dilapidated。
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颓废的社会
Many critics saw the late Roman Empire as a decadent society.
许多批评者认为罗马帝国晚期是一个颓废的社会。
颓废的文化
The film depicts a decadent culture obsessed with pleasure.
这部电影描绘了一种沉迷享乐的颓废文化。
颓废艺术
His paintings were condemned as decadent art by conservative critics.
他的画作被保守派评论家谴责为颓废艺术。
颓废的生活方式
He abandoned his decadent lifestyle and moved to the countryside.
他抛弃了颓废的生活方式，搬到了乡下。
衰微的时代
The philosopher wrote about the decadent age he was living in.
这位哲学家写到了他所生活的衰微时代。
颓废的贵族阶级
The novel satirizes the decadent aristocracy of the early 20th century.
这部小说讽刺了20世纪初颓废的贵族阶级。
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Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把 decadent 和 decay（腐烂）的首字母 de 联想起来：精神像在腐烂，就是颓废堕落。
语域：formal 常见场景：literary criticism、art history、social commentary 该名词义指道德或艺术上颓废的人，比较正式，多用于文学评论、艺术史或社会批评中；日常口语较少直接用‘a decadent’指代人，正式写作中更常见。
这些词都与 decadent 有关，但没有一个是完全押韵的。accident 和 evident 只在末尾非重读音节 /dənt/ 上与 decadent 相同。decade 和 decay 开头拼写为 dec-，但读音分别是 /ˈdɛkeɪd/ 和 /dɪˈkeɪ/。decent 和 descent 拼写像 decadent 的结尾，但读音分别是 /ˈdiːsənt/ 和 /dɪˈsɛnt/。
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