Word · Frequency #11310
degenerate
堕落者;道德败坏者
核心释义
a person who has fallen to a low moral standard; an immoral or corrupt person
- 1.
堕落的人,失去以前地位的人;不道德或腐败的人
One who is degenerate, who has fallen from previous stature; an immoral or corrupt person.
- 2.
行为不端者(尤指性行为异常)
a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
性行为异常者;性道德败坏者;堕落的人,失去以前地位的人;不道德或腐败的人;行为不端者(尤指性行为异常)
用法In use
During the moral debate, he called the corrupt official a degenerate.
用法提示:名词,指道德败坏的人,直接作宾语。
The residents of the community considered that lazy man a degenerate.
用法提示:名词,作宾语补足语,表示对某人的评价。
The villain in the novel is portrayed as a complete degenerate.
用法提示:名词,作表语,描述人物特征。
be a degenerate
作表语时与 be 动词连用,说明某人的品性或身份。
He is a degenerate and refuses to take responsibility.
他是个道德败坏的人,拒绝承担责任。
a degenerate who ...
who 引导的定语从句紧跟在名词后,具体说明其行为。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- a moral degenerate
- 道德败坏者
- The film portrays him as a moral degenerate.这部电影把他描绘成一个道德败坏者。
- a sexual degenerate
- 性行为不端者
- The police arrested the sexual degenerate.警方逮捕了那个性行为不端者。
- a depraved degenerate
- 堕落无耻之徒
- No one wanted to associate with such a depraved degenerate.没有人想和这样一个堕落无耻之徒交往。
- a filthy degenerate
- 下流的堕落者
- He called the man a filthy degenerate.他骂那个人是下流的堕落者。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
把 de-(向下)与 generate(生成)连想:生成方向一路向下,就是“堕落”;名词指行为败坏、尤其性道德失范的人。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域:formal 常见场景:正式写作、文学描写、社会评论 作为名词,degenerate 多用于正式或文学语境,指道德败坏或行为(尤指性行为)偏离社会规范的人,语气较强、带贬义;日常口语中较少使用,常被视为冒犯性称呼。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
No common words rhyme with the noun pronunciation of 'degenerate' (/dɪˈdʒɛnɚət/). The listed words share the spelling ending '-ate' but differ in stress or vowel sounds, so they are not rhymes.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
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