degeneration

英[dɪˌdʒenə'reɪʃn] 美[dɪˌdʒenə'reɪʃn]
  • n. 堕落;恶化
  • 动词degenerate的名词形式.
  • degasify v.(=degas)排除...的气;排除...的毒气
  • degauss vt.消磁
  • degear vi.[经]"去啮合"(指减少定息债务而代之以股本)
  • degender vt.去除(语言等)中的性别所指
  • degeneracy n.退步;退化;堕落;[遗传学]兼并:在同一个氨基酸多个密码子的一个遗传密码中出现
Noun:
  1. the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality

  2. the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities

  3. passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form

1. Over-use 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。

来自柯林斯例句

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。

来自《权威词典》

3. This is a late change in the degeneration of cells.
这是细胞衰退的晚期变化.

来自辞典例句

4. Inadequate cell nutrition around vessels causes degeneration of tunica adventitia.
血管周围细胞的营养不足,引起外膜的变性.

来自辞典例句

5. Ageing is accompanied by a slow degeneration of his mental faculties.
他随着年纪增长,智力逐渐衰退.

来自辞典例句

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. Work keeps away three evils: bordom, degeneration and poverty.
      工作撵跑三个魔鬼:无聊、堕落和贫穷。
    2. Ageing is accompanied by a slow degeneration of his mental faculties.
      随着年龄增长,智力逐渐衰退。
    3. There is no cure for retina degeneration.
      对视网膜脱落,目前还没有治疗的方法。
    4. This is a late change in the degeneration of cells.
      这是细胞衰退的晚期变化。

【邻近词汇】