degenerated
堕落的,退化的,变质的,堕落的人
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de·gen·er·at·ed, de·gen·er·at·ing.
- : to fall below a normal or desirable level in physical, mental, or moral qualities; deteriorate: The morale of the soldiers degenerated, and they were unable to fight.
- : to diminish in quality, especially from a former state of coherence, balance, integrity, etc.: The debate degenerated into an exchange of insults.
- : Pathology. to lose functional activity, as a tissue or organ.
- : Evolution. to revert to a simple, less highly organized, or less functionally active type, as a parasitic plant that has lost its taproot or the vestigial wings of a flightless bird.
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de·gen·er·at·ed, de·gen·er·at·ing.
- : to cause degeneration in; bring about a decline, deterioration, or reversion in.
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Examples
What was initially intended to be a celebration of music has degenerated into a weird marriage of fashion and commerce.
The war rapidly degenerated into horrific stalemate in the muddy, rat-infested trenches.
In other hands, this scenario might have degenerated into a caricature-filled freak show.
The scene degenerated, tear gas was used, and that set the stage for the more premeditated confrontations the following night.
Within the committee, partisan bickering has degenerated to personal distrust.
(b) Blood-casts contain red blood-corpuscles, usually much degenerated (Figs. 45 and 60).
This term means nothing in itself, but it expresses the fact that a degenerated heart finally refuses to act.
All the evidence shows how entirely they have degenerated into mere societies of capitalists.
But their kings, from the great wealth which they possessed, degenerated into a luxurious way of life.
It is narrative instead of dramatic; fable prevails over action; passion has degenerated into character-drawing.