degenerates

英 [dɪˈdʒenəreɪts]

美 [dɪˈdʒenəreɪts]

v.  恶化; 蜕变; 衰退
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柯林斯词典

The verb is pronounced /dɪ'dʒenəreɪt/. The adjective and noun are pronounced /dɪ'dʒenərət/. 动词读作 /dɪ'dʒenəreɪt/。形容词和名词读作 /dɪ'dʒenərət/。


• VERB 恶化;变糟;衰退;堕落
  If you say that someone or somethingdegenerates, you mean that they become worse in some way, for example weaker, lower in quality, or more dangerous.
  1. Inactivity can make your joints stiff, and the bones may begin to degenerate...
     长期不活动会导致关节僵硬，骨骼也可能开始退化。
  2. From then on the whole tone of the campaign began to degenerate.
     从那时起，整个活动的基调开始变质。
  3. ...a very serious humanitarian crisis which could degenerate into a catastrophe.
     一场非常严重的、可能演变成灾难的人道主义危机
• ADJ-GRADED 堕落的;腐化的
  If you describe a person or their behaviour asdegenerate, you disapprove of them because you think they have low standards of behaviour or morality.
  1. ...a group of degenerate computer hackers.
     一群堕落的计算机黑客
  2. ...the degenerate attitudes he found among some of his fellow officers.
     他在一些警队同僚身上发现的腐化态度
• 堕落的人;腐化的人
  If you refer to someone as adegenerate, you disapprove of them because you think they have low standards of behaviour or morality.

双语例句

• The shear strength degenerates under repeated loading.
  反复荷载作用下，接缝抗剪强度退化等。
• An autocratic system of coercion, in my opinion, soon degenerates.
  在我看来，强迫的专制制度很快就会腐朽衰退。
• The human stock goes on, even though it degenerates.
  虽然衰败了，但这样的家族还在延续。
• She degenerates into a mere slut!
  她退化成为一个懒婆娘了！
• When the outer shell degenerates, it allows the central part of the disk to escape.
  当外层发生退行性病变，造成椎间盘中央部分的逸出。
• Reflectivity Displacement Method ( RDM) is a classical algorithm of Synthetic Aperture Radar ( SAR) autofocus processing, whose performance degenerates with low contrast of the scene.
  反射率偏移法（RDM）是合成孔径雷达（SAR）自聚焦的经典算法，当场景对比度较低时，RDM自聚焦效果变差。
• His health degenerates rapidly.
  他的健康迅速恶化。
• When strength degenerates, reliability decreases with time more obviously, and the failure rate has the feature of a bathtub curve.
  强度退化时，可靠度随时间降低较为明显，失效率具有“浴盆”曲线的特征。
• They're just moral degenerates with no sense of decency.
  他们只是些不识廉耻的道德败坏者。
• The land environment degenerates;
  土地环境退化；