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

• 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。
• The novel also shows that in the American society of 1920s, the commons were in total depravity.
  小说真实描写了20年代美国社会的情况，平民和政府都在堕落。
• How did the human race, which God made in His own image, sink so deep into depravity that the Ten Commandments had to be set forth with the demand that they be kept?
  为什么我们会让贪婪、自私自利和战争横行？人本是照着上主的形象造的，为什么会犯罪堕落以致他要制定十诫？
• 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。
• The Master-at-Arm's character shows "a depravity according to nature".
  这位军械长的性格表现出一种服从本能的堕落。
• Every old man complains of the growing depravity of the world, of the petulance and insolence of the rising generation.
  每个老人都抱怨世界日益腐败，正在成长的一代人无礼傲慢。
• It is a mark of depravity to make a mock of good advice and kind rebuke.
  嘲笑别人的忠告和善意指责是堕落的标志。
• Without question, she is equally in the dark as to her soul, its present depravity and future destiny!
  毫无疑问，她对自己的灵魂，对目前的堕落，对未来的命运，全然一无所知！
• You simply can't vet the moral worth or at least, the absence of obvious, deep-seated depravity of every potential Oscar nominee.
  不能简单地用道德价值去衡量每一位奥斯卡提名者。
• 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。