depravity

英 [dɪˈprævəti]

美 [dɪˈprævəti]

n.  堕落; 腐化

复数：depravities　

GRE法律

BNC.21661 / COCA.21090

牛津词典

noun

• 堕落；腐化
  the state of being morally bad
  1. a life of depravity
     腐化的生活

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 堕落;腐化;道德败坏;邪恶
  Depravityis very dishonest or immoral behaviour.
  1. ...the absolute depravity that can exist in war.
     会在战争中存在的至恶
  2. ...the righteous struggle between decency and depravity.
     在高尚和堕落之间的道德挣扎

英英释义

noun

• a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice
  1. the various turpitudes of modern society
  Synonym:turpitude
• moral perversion
  1. the luxury and corruption among the upper classes
  2. moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration
  3. its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity
  4. Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction
  Synonym:corruptiondegeneracydepravationputrefaction

双语例句

• Every old man complains of the growing depravity of the world, of the petulance and insolence of the rising generation.
  每个老人都抱怨世界日益腐败，正在成长的一代人无礼傲慢。
• How did the human race, which God made in His own image, sink so deep into depravity that the Ten Commandments had to be set forth with the demand that they be kept?
  为什么我们会让贪婪、自私自利和战争横行？人本是照着上主的形象造的，为什么会犯罪堕落以致他要制定十诫？
• Inferiority and Surpassing of Inferiority& An Individual Psychological Analysis of Sink into Depravity
  自卑与超越&《沉沦》的个体心理学分析
• Arrogance is followed by destruction, and unbridled conceitedness by depravity; it is not necessary to defeat others to make our own sucess.
  骄傲的后面是毁灭，狂妄的后面是堕落。为了放射自己的光，无需吹灭别人的灯。
• Nowadays, Chinese society is facing a series of more serious social problems such as depravity, etc.
  当前，中国社会正面临着诸如腐败等一系列较为严重的社会问题。
• It is a crucial matter in harnessing of "academic depravity" that researches and builds a scientific and disinterested appreciation mechanism of academic achievement in social sciences.
  研究和建立科学、正的社会科学学术成果评价机制，是整治学术腐败的关键。
• The novel also shows that in the American society of 1920s, the commons were in total depravity.
  小说真实描写了20年代美国社会的情况，平民和政府都在堕落。
• But depravity, evasion and suicide cannot free oneself form and solve all the problems.
  堕落，逃避和自杀不能让人获得自由和解决所有的问题。
• The Master-at-Arm's character shows "a depravity according to nature".
  这位军械长的性格表现出一种服从本能的堕落。
• Last night's harrowing television pictures plumbed new depths of depravity.
  昨晚触目惊心的电视画面堕落到了新低。