Degenerate

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[编辑] GRE 红宝书

  • v. 退步; 堕落
  • [英] v. 退步 ( to lose normal or higher qualities) ; 堕落 ( to decline or become debased morally)
  • [记] de+gener ( 种类) +ate -> 变种 -> 退步
  • [同] 同根词: regenerate ( 使新生) , generation ( 一代人)

[编辑] Webster Collegiate

I. adjective

  • Etymology: Middle English degenerat, from Latin degeneratus, past participle of degenerare to degenerate, from de- + gener-, genus race, kind — more at kin
  • Date: 15th century
  • 1.
    • a. having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state
    • b. having sunk to a condition below that which is normal to a type; especially having sunk to a lower and usually corrupt and vicious state
    • c. degraded 2
  • 2. being mathematically simpler (as by having a factor or constant equal to zero) than the typical case <a degenerate hyperbola>
  • 3. characterized by atoms stripped of their electrons and by very great density <degenerate matter>; also consisting of degenerate matter <a degenerate star>
  • 4. having two or more states or subdivisions <degenerate energy level>
  • 5. having more than one codon representing an amino acid; also being such a codon
  • Synonyms: see vicious
  • ? degenerately adverb
  • ? degenerateness noun

II. verb

  • Date: 1545
  • intransitive verb
    • 1. to pass from a higher to a lower type or condition ; deteriorate
    • 2. to sink into a low intellectual or moral state
    • 3. to decline in quality <the poetry gradually degenerates into jingles>
    • 4. to decline from a condition or from the standards of a species, race, or breed
    • 5. to evolve or develop into a less autonomous or less functionally active form <degenerated into dependent parasites>
  • transitive verb
    • to cause to degenerate

III. noun

  • Date: 1555
  • one that is degenerate: as
    • a. one degraded from the normal moral standard
    • b. a sexual pervert
    • c. one showing signs of reversion to an earlier culture stage


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