decadence
decadence 英 [ˈdekədəns] 美 [ˈdɛkədəns, dɪˈkedns]
n. 堕落，颓废；衰落
名词复数:decadences
- Whether in reference to chocolate cake for breakfast or wild all-night parties, decadence means extravagance, luxury, and self-indulgence with a sense of moral decline.
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- n. 堕落，颓废；衰落
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1. Everyone can be a victim: once you lose your footing in the political power struggle, the accusations of corruption and decadence are very likely to fall on you.
每个人都可能成为受害者：一旦你在政治权力斗争中没有立足点，贪污腐败堕落的指控就很可能降临到你头上。
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2. I said earlier that the decadence of our language is probably curable.
我前面说过我们的语言的堕落很可能还有救。
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3. What more proof do we need of the decadence of the Western governing class?
我们还需要更多证据来说明西方统治阶级的衰落吗？
- decadence (n.) 1540s, from Middle French décadence (early 15c.), from Medieval Latin decadentia "decay," from decadentem (nominative decadens) "decaying," present participle of decadere "to decay," from Latin de- "apart, down" (see de-) + cadere "to fall" (from PIE root *kad- "to fall"). Used of periods in art since 1852, on French model.
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