degeneration

英 [dɪˌdʒenəˈreɪʃn]

美 [dɪˌdʒenəˈreɪʃn]

n.  蜕化; 衰退; 堕落

化学

BNC.19689 / COCA.16383

牛津词典

noun

• 蜕化；衰退；堕落
  the process of becoming worse or less acceptable in quality or condition
  1. social/moral degeneration
     社会倒退；道德沦丧
  2. Intensive farming in the area has caused severe degeneration of the land.
     这个地区的集约化农业使得土壤严重贫瘠化。

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.

英英释义

noun

• passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form
  Synonym:retrogression
• the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality
  Synonym:devolution
• the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
  Synonym:degeneracydecadencedecadency

双语例句

• Mesenchymal stem cells; Intervertebral disc; Retrograde degeneration.
  间质干细胞；椎间盘；逆行变性。
• Retinal light injury can cause photoreceptor apoptosis and retinal degeneration, and may even lead to irreversible blindness.
  视网膜光化学损伤可致感光细胞凋亡和视网膜变性，严重者导致视力丧失。
• The rapid degeneration of rural ecological environment in China has seriously influenced the sustainable development of rural economy.
  我国的农村生态环境急剧恶化，严重影响了农村经济的可持续发展。
• Overuse of those drugs, coupled with poor diet, leads to physical degeneration
  过量使用那些药物再加上饮食缺乏营养，导致健康状况恶化。
• The disease which can cause degeneration and broken of bruch's membrane can have choroidal neovascular.
  所有可以引起后极部玻璃膜破裂和变性的病变均有产生脉络膜新生血管的基础。
• Objective To observe the expression of MMP-1and TIMP-1 in nucleus pulposus cells of intervertebral disc degeneration.
  目的测定MMP-1及TIMP-1在人退变椎间盘髓核中的表达，探讨其在人椎间盘退变发生、发展中的作用。
• Conclusion: The main cause of secondary lumbar spinal stenosis is degeneration.
  结论：继发性腰椎管狭窄症的最常见原因是退变。
• Conclusion: The changes of lumbar facet joint morphology are results of lumber degeneration but not etiological factor.
  结论：退行性腰椎滑脱患者的关节突关节的形态变化是腰椎退行性变的结果而菲其病因。
• Pathological dissolution of cells caused by degeneration of their membranes.
  由于细胞膜退化而导致细胞的病态分解。
• Study Design. In io histologic study of nere ingrowth in the rabbit anular-puncture disc degeneration model.
  研究设计.这是在兔环状穿刺椎间盘退变模型中长入神经纤维的体内组织学研究。