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

• We responded to the worst kind of depravity with the best of our humanity.
  我们用我们最美好的人性来回应那些最邪恶的暴行。
• That's untrue. I don't share in his depravity!
  不对，我不会和他一起堕落的！
• Conduct or an action marked by depravity or brutality.
  兽行表现为野蛮或残忍的行为或举止。
• Indulge the ego in the unconscious inside, and that is not only is depravity, I think the revenge!
  在无意识中放纵自我，那不仅是堕落，我是想报复！
• 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。
• Integration of Women Imagination and City Imagination& The Relation between Prostitutes and Shanghai in the Depravity Romances of Shanghai
  女性想像与都市想像的互为一体&论海派狭邪小说中***与上海的关系
• Because of the nature of their depravity.
  是因为她们本性的堕落。
• 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。
• 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。