depravity

英 [dɪ'prævəti] 美 [dɪ'prævəti]

• n. 堕落；腐败；邪恶；堕落的行为

英英释义

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"
   "Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction"
   

2. a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice;

   "the various turpitudes of modern society"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Experiencing life does not mean depravity and indulgence.
   体验生活并不意味着堕落和放纵。
2. Awe is an essential force to restrain depravity.
   敬畏是抑制邪恶的真正力量。
3. 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。

经典引文

• The winding approaches of temptation, the slippery path to depravity.

  出自： J. Mackintosh

• He's a fiend in feline shape, a monster of depravity.

  出自： T. S. Eliot

近反义词

【近义词】

• criminality 犯罪
• corruption 贪污
• degeneracy 退步
• debauchery 放荡
• immorality 不道德
• wickedness 邪恶
• evil 邪恶的
• decadence 衰落
• vice 缺点
• putrefaction 腐败
• depravation 恶化
• turpitude <正式>奸恶