degeneration

英 [dɪˌdʒenəˈreɪʃn]

美 [dɪˌdʒenəˈreɪʃn]

n.  蜕化; 衰退; 堕落

化学

BNC.19689 / COCA.16383

牛津词典

noun

• 蜕化；衰退；堕落
  the process of becoming worse or less acceptable in quality or condition
  1. social/moral degeneration
     社会倒退；道德沦丧
  2. Intensive farming in the area has caused severe degeneration of the land.
     这个地区的集约化农业使得土壤严重贫瘠化。

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.

英英释义

noun

• passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form
  Synonym:retrogression
• the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality
  Synonym:devolution
• the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
  Synonym:degeneracydecadencedecadency

双语例句

• Inflammation of a bone as a consequence of infection or trauma or degeneration.
  骨头因感染，损伤，或退化而发炎。
• Striated muscle cells became degeneration, swelling and atrophy.
  横纹肌纤维变性、肿胀，细胞萎缩。
• For instance, GAG loss in cartilage typically marks the onset of osteoarthritis and inter-vertebral disc degeneration.
  例如，软骨中糖胺聚糖的丢失就特别表明骨关节炎和椎间盘退变的开始。
• Overuse of those drugs, coupled with poor diet, leads to physical degeneration
  过量使用那些药物再加上饮食缺乏营养，导致健康状况恶化。
• The degeneration of regenerative gene is exaggrated.
  再生基因的退化（恶化）被夸大了。
• Mesenchymal stem cells; Intervertebral disc; Retrograde degeneration.
  间质干细胞；椎间盘；逆行变性。
• The disease which can cause degeneration and broken of bruch's membrane can have choroidal neovascular.
  所有可以引起后极部玻璃膜破裂和变性的病变均有产生脉络膜新生血管的基础。
• Tumor tissue from the spindle cells and collagen fiber bundles cutting through, glass-like degeneration and calcification.
  瘤组织由梭形细胞和胶原纤维束交织而成，可发生玻璃样变和钙化。
• This is a late change in the degeneration of cells.
  这是细胞衰退的晚期变化。
• Conclusion: The changes of lumbar facet joint morphology are results of lumber degeneration but not etiological factor.
  结论：退行性腰椎滑脱患者的关节突关节的形态变化是腰椎退行性变的结果而菲其病因。