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n.
堕落
腐败
恶行
堕落腐化的行为
de·prav·i·ty
dih prae vih ti
复数:depravities
词根:deprave
adj.depraved 堕落的;腐化的;卑鄙的
n.depravation 恶化;堕落
v.depraved 使腐化(deprave的过去式和过去分词)
vt.deprave 使堕落;使腐败
Noun
1. moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles;
"the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"
"moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration"
"its brothels; its opium parlors; its depravity"
2. a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice;
"the various turpitudes of modern society"
"堕落状态,腐败,退化",1640年代; 参见 deprave + -ity。在同一意义上,更早的词是 pravity。在神学上,“人类遗传倾向于犯罪”(1757年)。
see deprave
The first known use of depravity was in 1641
depravitynoun
a corrupt act or practice
the quality or state of being depraved
1 While conveying the character’s erotic depravity, she sounds seductive and shimmering.
2 But such institutions, with their volatile mix of regimentation and youthful energy, have also provided fertile ground for allegorical, sometimes fantastical investigations of power, rebellion and human depravity.
3 Creepy contact lenses will record their misdeeds, whose depravity will ensure the experiment’s continuation.
4 Facebook or no, it’s hard not to be struck by the depravity of some of the stuff that content moderators are reviewing.
5 This dance of the dead is not some dubious high-concept coda from a director bent on textual depravities.
6 While Aaron may seem like just another smoothie wearing a mask for his utter depravity, I suspect he may be the real deal.
7 But Mr. Jones’s performance emphasizes Caliban’s poisoned depravity rather than hinting at any innate nobility corrupted by his enslavement.
8 The film’s ultimate villain is not human depravity, as the title suggests.
9 The structure is chronological, charting Simpson’s tough start in San Francisco, his Heisman trophy and NFL glory, his Hollywood heyday and his descent into violence and depravity.
10 People have been tired of the depravities of a corrupt ruler.
人们已经受够了腐败的统治者的堕落行为。
11 They do not accept predestination. However they do accept total depravity.
他们不接受预定,可是接受完全堕落。
12 As the film progresses, there is a build-up of unrelenting depravity.
13 The show has always been all on the surface — paper-thin in terms of ideas and drama but drenched in creepy atmosphere and peekaboo depravity.
14 Whether Degas was making a point about his subject’s sexual depravity cannot be answered.
15 A modest proposal: Can publishers list a writer’s depravities on the back flaps of their books, so we know where we stand?
16 It turns out that they sit at the bottom of a pyramid of depravity that reaches all the way to a man named Pushkin back in Moscow.
17 As with so many entries in the encyclopedia of Nazi atrocities, the depravity of that act and our inability to fathom such cruelty threaten to eclipse the individuality of the victims.
18 David Cronenberg brings his own brand of formal rigor to Bruce Wagner’s unholy mess of a screenplay, a survey of Hollywood depravity wrapped around a ghoulish family tragedy.
19 Nothing is sacred to him, and the more cheerfully he can reflect the many layers of cultural depravity the better.
20 To me, religion is about our dignity, not our depravity.
1 堕落
descensional vicious fallen wasted rotten vile ruined degenerate degraded regressive lapsed degrading reprobate ruinate backward labefaction fall decline pollution corruption rot degradation lapse relapse prostitution falling degeneration taint perversion decadence undoing degeneracy turpitude rottenness perverseness depravation pravity soil corrupt deteriorate retrograde backslide molder sink ruin degrade pollute pervert demoralize bastardize demoralise dry-rot sensualize fall low go to the devil go to the bad abandoned demeaning depraved descent deprave astray evil filth devolution declension ruination stoop loose decadent immoral descend abject villainous putrid miscreant undone vice deformity derogation befoul poison vitiate debauch lose putrefy go to the dogs go to pot go wrong go downhill sleazy squalid debase vitiable prostitute degenerative perverse perverted profligate graceless god-forsaken draggletailed deterioration slime slough gangrene morass perversity profligacy retrogression putrescence putridity stray perish moulder vilify sophisticate downfall cave-in mess lost filthy polluted ramshackle dissolute godforsaken low-down debauched corruptive scrofulous wallow declination putrefaction vitiation recoil dwindle condescend derogate Neronize go backward go to the mischief
2 败德
3 作恶
4 腐败
putrefacient rank corrupt foul septic tainted carrion putrid venal addle flyblown putrefactive corruption rot taint leprosy putrefaction rancidity rottenness putrescence putridity pravity decay molder deprave vitiate dry-rot bad rotten ulcerative unwholesome corruptive disease pollution sepsis canker ulceration gangrene spoliation impostume imposthume spoil perish sodden putrefy decompound abusive reached ulcerous deformity decomposition declination staleness vitiation decompose stagnate degrade attaint begrime empoison
5 邪恶行为
6 不道德的行为
11 堕落行为
12 邪恶
black dark evil foul wicked abandoned vicious sinful immoral Satanic unclean ill unholy ungodly diabolical villainous impious unrighteous miscreant felonious reprobate baleful iniquitous unregenerate maleficent blackguard pestiferous squint-eyed awry wrong harm vice bale iniquity immorality villainy perversity turpitude devilry harden felon uncleanly malefic mean bad ugly corrupt sinister naughty satanic nefarious malign unsound godless devilish diabolic unhallowed unsanctified unblessed delinquency improbity god grim malignant babylonian oblique perverse lewd perverted graceless thrawn god-forsaken peccant blackly iniquitousness nigritude naught belial pravity