单词 | degenerate |
例句 | degenerate adjective 1.•a degenerate form of classicism:debased, degraded, corrupt, impure | formal vitiated. ANT pure. 2.•her degenerate brother:corrupt, decadent, dissolute, dissipated, debauched, reprobate, profligate | sinful, ungodly, immoral, unprincipled, amoral, dishonorable, disreputable, unsavory, sordid, low, ignoble. ANT moral.▶noun •a group of degenerates:reprobate, debauchee, profligate, libertine, roué.▶verb 1.•their quality of life had degenerated:deteriorate, decline, slip, slide, worsen, lapse, slump, go downhill, regress, retrogress | go to rack and ruin | informal go to pot, go to the dogs, hit the skids, go into/down the toilet. ANT improve. 2.•the muscles started to degenerate:waste (away), atrophy, weaken. |
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