decadence

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈdɛkədəns/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A state of moral or artistic decline or deterioration; decay countable,uncountable
    — "Stability, however, is not enough. It leads too easily to stagnation, and thence to decadence."
  2. The quality of being luxuriously self-indulgent. countable,uncountable
    — the decadence of a five-star hotel

词形变化

decadences plural

词汇关系

相关词
decadent deciduous

词源

From French décadence, from Medieval Latin decadentia (“decay”), from *decadens (“decaying”), present participle of *decadere (“to decay”); see decay.
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