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degeneracy 音标拼音: [dɪdʒ'ɛnɚəsi] n. 退步,退化,堕落 退步,退化,堕落 degeneracy n 1: the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities [synonym: {degeneracy}, {degeneration}, {decadence}, {decadency}] 2: moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles; "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"; "moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration"; "its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity"; "Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction" [synonym: {corruption}, {degeneracy}, {depravation}, {depravity}, {putrefaction}] Degeneracy \De*gen"er*a*cy\, n. [From {Degenerate}, a.]
1. The act of becoming degenerate; a growing worse. [1913 Webster] Willful degeneracy from goodness. --Tillotson. [1913 Webster] 2. The state of having become degenerate; decline in good qualities; deterioration; meanness. [1913 Webster] Degeneracy of spirit in a state of slavery. --Addison. [1913 Webster] To recover mankind out of their universal corruption and degeneracy. --S. Clarke. [1913 Webster]
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