英语释义

1. having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state
the last degenerate member of a noble family
— W. E. Swinton

2. having sunk to a condition below that which is normal to a type
… fruit so degenerate that the insects weren't even interested …
— Tamar Perla especially having sunk to a lower and usually corrupt and vicious state
a degenerate schemer a despairing and degenerate world had sunk into servitude beneath him
— W. L. Sullivan

3. degraded sense 2
the functionally degenerate wings of the species

4. being simpler (as by having a factor or constant equal to zero) than the typical case
a degenerate hyperbola

5. characterized by atoms stripped of their electrons and by very great density
degenerate matter also consisting of degenerate matter
a degenerate star

6. having two or more states or subdivisions especially of the same energy or frequency
degenerate energy level degenerate oscillation

7. having more than one codon representing an amino acid also being such a codon

8. to pass from a higher to a lower type or condition deteriorate
her fixed mysterious smile degenerated into a fatuous stare
— J. C. Powys

9. to sink into a low intellectual or moral state
The debate degenerated into a shouting match. At the same time, discotheques degenerated into seedier venues … —shifty, often Mob-run last-martini stops for business commuters …
— Peter Braunstein

10. to decline in quality
the poetry gradually degenerates into jingles … the sitcom has degenerated into a sparring ring of personal insult
— James Wolcott

11. to decline from a condition or from the standards of a species, race, or breed

12. to evolve or develop into a less autonomous (see autonomous sense 2a) or less functionally active form
degenerated into dependent parasites

13. to cause to degenerate

14. one that is degenerate (see degenerate entry 1) : such as

15. one degraded from the normal moral standard
social degenerates

16. a sexual pervert

17. one showing signs of reversion (see reversion sense 3a) to an earlier culture stage

18. having low moral standards not honest, proper, or good

19. to change to a worse state or condition to become worse, weaker, less useful, etc.

20. a person whose behavior is not morally right or socially acceptable

21. having declined (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state especially having deteriorated progressively (as in the process of evolution) especially through loss of structure and function

22. having sunk to a lower and usually corrupt and vicious state

23. having more than one codon representing an amino acid also being such a codon

24. to sink into a low intellectual or moral state

25. to pass from a higher to a lower type or condition: as

26. to gradually deteriorate so that normal function or structure is impaired or lost
the retina degenerated

27. to decline from the standards of a species, race, or breed

28. to evolve or develop into a less autonomous or less functionally active form
degenerated into dependent parasites

29. one that is degenerate: as

30. one degraded from the normal moral standard

片语

degenerated yeast退化酵母

degenerated hemoglobin变质血红蛋白

degenerated electrons简并化的电子

degenerated system退化系

degenerated organ退化器官

degenerated paradise翻译公司天堂

degenerated matter简并物质

degenerated cell退化细胞

degenerated synergid[细胞]

英汉例句

• similarly, although at least some cetaceans have taste buds, the nerves serving these have degenerated or are rudimentary.

  同样，尽管有些鲸鱼也有味蕾，但这些味觉器官要么已经退化，要么就根本没有发育。

• they gradually degenerated in their moral and spiritual condition till they became completely corrupt before god.

  他们的道德和心灵状况逐渐腐朽，直到他们在上帝面前完全败坏了。

• humans degenerated from 10 feet to almost half this size over time.

  而人类则从10英尺退化到几乎原有尺寸的一半。

• their debate degenerated into an exchange of insults.

  他们的辩论竟变成了互相辱骂。

• her commitment to a great cause degenerated from a crusade into an obsession.

  她致力于一伟大事业,但其崇高的奋斗精神已变质成为偏执的狂热。

• when people say a discussion has degenerated into a religious war, what they really mean is that it has started to be driven mostly by people「s identities. [1]

  当人们称某个讨论已经堕落成信仰之争，实际上是这个话题讨论开始被身份认同的情绪所主导。

• in lesser hands ms nasar’s story might have degenerated into a series of pen portraits: tittle-tattle for the middlebrow.

  要是写书的人水平差一点，纳萨尔女士的故事可能会退化为一系列人物特写：普通人閑聊的谈资。

• the confrontation then degenerated into a bout of hair pulling.

  对质演变成了拉扯头发。

• this rejuvenates the degenerated cells at these spots.

  这注入新活力在这些点的退化细胞。

• and while some of us might fancy ourselves as adventurers, we have for the most part degenerated into cheap-flight-enabled tourists—vasco da gama and ibn battuta would not be impressed.

  而正当我们有些人幻想自己就是冒险家时，我们却很大程度地堕落为打着廉价机票的旅游者—凡斯科?达?伽马（vascodagama）与伊本?白图泰（ibnbattuta）不再被我们记起了。

• because of sadness, roger degenerated deliberately. he took delight in enjoyment.

  因为沮丧，罗杰故意堕落了.他以享受为乐。

• web pages degenerated into inaccessible, complex structures of nested tables as the primary way to control page layout.

  网页变得难以理解，复杂的嵌套表结构成为控制页面布局的主要手段。

• at wednesday night’s debate at hofstra, mccain might want to volunteer a mild mea culpa about the extent to which the presidential race has degenerated into a shouting match.

  星期三晚上在霍夫斯特拉大学的辩论，麦凯恩可能会自愿承担一个温和的「我的过失」——让这次的总统竞选很大程度上堕落成一个大声喊叫的比赛。

• a referee in spain has issued 19 red cards as a regional football game degenerated into a brawl recently.

  近日，在西班牙卡迪斯省一场地区足球联赛中，主裁判居然出示了19张红牌。

• in those few instances, they」ve degenerated into custody battles, ugly lawsuits and at least one abortion.

  在仅有的几个案例里，当事人都沦入监护权的争斗当中，丑陋的诉讼或选择流产。

• the cell phone conversation quickly degenerated into an argument. jamey and doris heard every word on milo「s end.

  两人的通话很快就变成了争执，雅梅和多丽丝把米洛所说的每一个字听得清清楚楚，他丝毫不关心通话隐私。

• the man」s word-blindness degenerated to a complete aphasia of both speech and writing by the time of his death four years later.

  四年后这个男人死的时候，他的诵读困难变成彻底的读写失语癥。

• she found her former ability to have degenerated to the production of a hollow rush of wind through the lips, and no clear note at all.

  她发现她吹口哨的能力已经退化了，只能从撮起的嘴唇中吹出一阵阵空洞的风声，根本就吹不成清楚的音调。

• and although the discussion might appear to have degenerated into a slanging match between scientists and philosophers, neuroscientists have also criticised singer.

  尽管这场讨论看似已沦为科学家与哲学家间的骂战，但神经科学家也批评了辛格。

• instead, the ws-* vs. rest debate has unfortunately degenerated into biased and religious arguments which create only confusion and expectations that cannot be fulfilled.

  而ws-*与rest之争已经不幸地退化成了偏见和信仰的争论，这只能导致混乱和无法履行的期望。

• fans would surely lose interest if the prolonged rally disappeared and the game degenerated into a mind-numbing series of aces.

  如果球赛没有了那些持续的对拉而只是靠一系列让人麻木的发球来解决，球迷们肯定会对比赛失去兴趣。

相似词

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decayed腐烂；衰退（decay的过去分词）

effete衰老的；疲惫的；（土地）贫瘠的；（动植物）不育的

overripe过熟的；衰萎的；颓废的

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