degenerate behavior
collocation堕落的行为；道德败坏的行为
His degenerate behavior cost him the respect of his colleagues.
他堕落的行为使他失去了同事们的尊重。
堕落的；道德败坏的；腐化的
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堕落的；道德败坏的；腐化的
Having low moral standards; immoral or corrupt.
The degenerate behavior of the corrupt officials shocked the entire nation.
那些腐败官员的堕落行为震惊了整个国家。
已退化、恶化或从正常、平衡的状态堕落到不理想和异常的状态
Having deteriorated, degraded or fallen from normal, coherent, balanced and desirable to undesirable and typically abnormal.
失去良好或理想品质；因此品行不端、腐败
Having lost good or desirable qualities; hence also having bad character or habits, base, immoral, corrupt.
失去功能
Having lost functionality in general.
不受习俗或道德约束的
unrestrained by convention or morality
She left him because of his degenerate lifestyle, which involved heavy drinking and gambling.
她离开了他，因为他过着酗酒赌博的堕落生活。
The movie portrays a degenerate society where greed and violence are common.
这部电影描绘了一个贪婪和暴力盛行的堕落社会。
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堕落的行为；道德败坏的行为
His degenerate behavior cost him the respect of his colleagues.
他堕落的行为使他失去了同事们的尊重。
道德上堕落的
The novel portrays a society that has become morally degenerate.
这部小说描绘了一个道德上已堕落的社会。
退化情形；极限情形
The proof fails in the degenerate case where the two lines are parallel.
当两条线平行这一退化情形下，这个证明不成立。
简并物质；退化物质
The core of a white dwarf consists of degenerate matter.
白矮星的核心由简并物质构成。
颓废艺术；堕落艺术
The Nazis denounced modernist paintings as degenerate art.
纳粹把现代主义绘画斥为颓废艺术。
嗜赌成性者；堕落的赌徒
He spent every penny like a degenerate gambler.
他像嗜赌成性的人一样把每一分钱都花光。
像你这样的败类就该被钉在十字架上。
A raider in the video game Fallout 4 spits this line at the player, and it has become a widely quoted internet meme.
在电子游戏《辐射4》中，一名掠夺者对玩家说出这句台词，它已演变成广为流传的网络迷因。
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记忆联想：de-（向下）+ generate（产生）→ 品质产生后一路向下，从正常滑向堕落、退化。
语域：mixed 常见场景：formal writing、moral criticism、academic or technical texts 该形容词多用于正式或书面语境，常见于道德评判及学术、科技类描述；日常口语中较少使用。
真押韵：regenerate 的形容词读法 /rɪˈdʒɛnɝət/（本列表取此义），与 degenerate /dɪˈdʒɛnɝət/ 同韵。注意 generate /ˈdʒɛnəreɪt/、venerate /ˈvɛnəreɪt/ 以及 regenerate 的动词读法 /rɪˈdʒɛnəreɪt/ 都读 -eɪt，不押韵。moderate /ˈmɑːdərət/ 和 separate /ˈsɛpərət/ 虽也是 -erate 形容词、读 /ərət/，但重音在首音节，不押韵；separate 作动词读 /ˈsɛpəreɪt/。
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