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

• You simply can't vet the moral worth or at least, the absence of obvious, deep-seated depravity of every potential Oscar nominee.
  不能简单地用道德价值去衡量每一位奥斯卡提名者。
• 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。
• Incapable of fathoming such depravity, the great Titan began to slip into a brooding depression.
  由于这个伟大的泰坦无法想象这种堕落，他陷入了痛苦的思索。
• Even if thought of giving up, but I can not see their own depravity.
  即使想过放弃，但我不能看到自己的堕落。
• It seemed to reveal to her an undreamed depravity in her nature.
  这念头似乎对她揭露了自己本性里过去竟想不到的一种劣根性。
• It is a mark of depravity to make a mock of good advice and kind rebuke.
  嘲笑别人的忠告和善意指责是堕落的标志。
• Without question, she is equally in the dark as to her soul, its present depravity and future destiny!
  毫无疑问，她对自己的灵魂，对目前的堕落，对未来的命运，全然一无所知！
• Because of the nature of their depravity.
  是因为她们本性的堕落。
• 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。
• 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。