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

• Such a society, from the perspective of evolution, is a society where the vitality and diversity are abating, thus is a degenerating society.
  从演化的角度讲，这样的社会是一个多样性和活力都在减退的社会，是一个退化的社会。
• Early division phase embryos may use metabolites provided by the suspensor, persistent and degenerating synergids.
  早期分裂时期的胚可以利用胚柄，宿存和退化中的助细胞所提供的代谢物。
• Conversely, when things are going as well as they seemed to be in the past few years, Davos struggles to avoid a note of self-congratulation and to avoid degenerating into a well-meaning talking shop.
  反之，当形势像前几年那样进展顺利的时候，达沃斯论坛则致力于避免自得的论调，避免退化成一个好心的清谈场所。
• Are the young people of today degenerating?
  现在的青年在堕落吗？
• 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。
• The process or condition of worsening or degenerating. Bad company may corrupt a good boy.
  恶化，变坏恶化或变坏的状况或过程跟坏人在一起会使好孩子变坏。
• 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。
• 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”。
• 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。
• Once again, UNCLOS is the common power that is supposed to prevent these disputes degenerating into an Arctic melee.
  《联合国海洋法公约》将再一次作为公平的力量，用以阻止这些争议升级为北极圈内的混战。