degenerating

英 [dɪˈdʒenəreɪtɪŋ]

美 [dɪˈdʒenəreɪtɪŋ]

v.  恶化; 蜕变; 衰退
degenerate的现在分词

现在分词：degenerating　

柯林斯词典

The verb is pronounced /dɪ'dʒenəreɪt/. The adjective and noun are pronounced /dɪ'dʒenərət/. 动词读作 /dɪ'dʒenəreɪt/。形容词和名词读作 /dɪ'dʒenərət/。


• VERB 恶化;变糟;衰退;堕落
  If you say that someone or somethingdegenerates, you mean that they become worse in some way, for example weaker, lower in quality, or more dangerous.
  1. Inactivity can make your joints stiff, and the bones may begin to degenerate...
     长期不活动会导致关节僵硬，骨骼也可能开始退化。
  2. From then on the whole tone of the campaign began to degenerate.
     从那时起，整个活动的基调开始变质。
  3. ...a very serious humanitarian crisis which could degenerate into a catastrophe.
     一场非常严重的、可能演变成灾难的人道主义危机
• ADJ-GRADED 堕落的;腐化的
  If you describe a person or their behaviour asdegenerate, you disapprove of them because you think they have low standards of behaviour or morality.
  1. ...a group of degenerate computer hackers.
     一群堕落的计算机黑客
  2. ...the degenerate attitudes he found among some of his fellow officers.
     他在一些警队同僚身上发现的腐化态度
• 堕落的人;腐化的人
  If you refer to someone as adegenerate, you disapprove of them because you think they have low standards of behaviour or morality.

双语例句

• Old water pipes that are degenerating with age; a dispute that degenerated into a brawl.
  年久失修而逐渐失去功用的水管；发展成为争吵的辩论。
• As the states weigh the merits of Mr Howard's scheme, the river is degenerating further.
  当各州权衡霍华德计划的利弊之时，河流的情况却在进一步恶化。
• Stress will be laid on strengthening the control of land-sourced pollutants and implementing the system for controlling the total quantity of pollutants, in order to prevent the marine environment degenerating.
  重点加强陆源污染物管理，实行污染物总量控制制度，防止海洋环境退化。
• Study on Degenerating Succession and Species Diversity of Spring-Autumn Grassland in Zhaosu Horse Farm of Xinjiang
  新疆昭苏马场春秋场草地退化演替与植物多样性的研究
• The team went on to transplant a layer of stem cells between the degenerating mice retinas and healthy donor tissue ( whole retina).
  研究小组继续在变性的小鼠视网膜和健康供体组织（整个视网膜）之间移植一层干细胞。
• Operators urgently needed to invest because "the quality of networks is degenerating almost everywhere, and particularly in western Europe".
  急需业者投资是因为“几乎每个地方的电信网络连通质量都在衰退，西欧尤其严重”。
• Ma reckons that students 'physical condition is degenerating, with regard to stamina, agility and power.
  马冠生认为学生的身体素质正在不断下降，主要体现在耐力，灵活性和体力方面。
• It is becoming more and more important in a world that is destructive and degenerating that there should be a place, an oasis, where one can learn a way of living that is whole, sane and intelligent.
  在这个具有破坏性和堕落的世界上，建设一个这样的场所、一个生命的绿洲人们可以在其中学习一种完整、健全和智慧的生活方式这显得越来越重要。
• Are the young people of today degenerating?
  现在的青年在堕落吗？
• Chang An county has already been not the Eastern Han Dynasty Kyoto, this has started endless northwest degenerating stage, until Sui-Tang dynasty till the field founds a capital again here.
  长安已不是东汉京都，这开始了西北的漫长衰退期，直到隋唐再在此地建都为止。