decadence

decadence

英 ['dekəd(ə)ns]
　　美 ['dɛkədəns]

n. 墮落，頹廢；衰落

中文詞源：

decadence 墮落

de-, 向下。-cad, 掉落，詞源同case, accident. 引申義墮落。

例句：

1. The empire had for years been falling into decadence.
這個帝國走向腐朽墮落已經經年。

2. The country, they say, will inevitably now plunge headlong into decadence.
他們說，現在整個國傢會不可避免地一頭陷入衰退中。

3. the decadence of modern Western society
現代西方社會的頹廢現象

4. The decadence of morals is bad for a nation.
道德的墮落對國傢是不利的.

5. That city seems to be the hothouse of decadence.
該城市似乎是墮落的溫床.