Word · Frequency #11310
degenerates
堕落者；道德败坏者
degenerates is the plural of degenerate.
a person who has fallen to a low moral standard; an immoral or corrupt person
- 1.
One who is degenerate, who has fallen from previous stature; an immoral or corrupt person.
堕落的人,失去以前地位的人；不道德或腐败的人
- 2.
a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
行为不端者(尤指性行为异常)
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)
In use
During the moral debate, he called the corrupt official a degenerate.
The residents of the community considered that lazy man a degenerate.
The villain in the novel is portrayed as a complete degenerate.
Connections
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。
Pop culture & quotes
- Degenerates like you belong on a cross.
- 像你这样的堕落者就该被钉在十字架上。In the video game Fallout: New Vegas, a raider uses 'degenerates' as an insult when attacking the player, and the line became an internet meme.
Learner notes
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。
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。
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.
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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