degenerated

英 [dɪˈdʒenəreɪtɪd]

美 [dɪˈdʒenəreɪtɪd]

v.  恶化; 蜕变; 衰退
degenerate的过去分词和过去式

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

• His health degenerated with disease and old age.
  他的健康随着疾病和年老而衰退。
• He ate up Nietzsche and degenerated into a fascist.
  他接受了尼采的思想，堕落成法西斯分子。
• The affair degenerated into the longest game of chicken in diplomatic history.
  这件中成为外交史上持续时间最长的较量。
• Results The expression of MMP-1 in degenerated discs was higher than the normal discs ( P0.01).
  结果在椎间盘髓核细胞中MMP-1的表达病例组的阳性率高于对照组（P〈0.01）；
• At that juncture he turned completely away from his comrades, and degenerated into a renegade.
  就在那关键时刻，他完全背弃了自己的同志，终于堕落为叛徒。
• The thread in the corolla is the short filament of a degenerated stamen.
  花冠筒内丝状物为退化雄蕊的短花丝。
• The meeting degenerated into petty squabbling.
  会议变成了无聊的扯皮。
• When the embryo differentiated cotyledons, the haustorium cells gradually degenerated, then disappear.
  胚分化出子叶时，胚乳吸器自合点端向珠孔端退化。
• Please note that degenerated mesothelial cells can have cytoplasmic spaces, mimicking mucin vacuoles in adenocarcinoma.
  要注意变性的间皮细胞可以有胞浆内空泡，类似腺癌中的粘蛋白空泡。
• Such a partner cannot be a Europe that has degenerated into rival state groups.
  一个沦为相互对立的国家集团的欧洲，是不可能成为这种伙伴的。