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

• 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
• 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。
• Inferiority and Surpassing of Inferiority& An Individual Psychological Analysis of Sink into Depravity
  自卑与超越&《沉沦》的个体心理学分析
• Arrogance is followed by destruction, and unbridled conceitedness by depravity; it is not necessary to defeat others to make our own sucess.
  骄傲的后面是毁灭，狂妄的后面是堕落。为了放射自己的光，无需吹灭别人的灯。
• But depravity, evasion and suicide cannot free oneself form and solve all the problems.
  堕落，逃避和自杀不能让人获得自由和解决所有的问题。
• It is a crucial matter in harnessing of "academic depravity" that researches and builds a scientific and disinterested appreciation mechanism of academic achievement in social sciences.
  研究和建立科学、正的社会科学学术成果评价机制，是整治学术腐败的关键。
• 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。
• Last night's harrowing television pictures plumbed new depths of depravity.
  昨晚触目惊心的电视画面堕落到了新低。
• Violative of the principles of liberty; considered such depravity offensive against all laws of humanity.
  对自由原则的违反；考虑到如此堕落的对人类法令的违犯。
• Still I recognized that justice must be done, and that the depravity of the victim was no condonement in the eyes of the law.
  虽然如此，我认为问题还是应当公平处理，在法律上，被害人的罪行并不能抵消凶手的罪。