| 词汇 | decadence |
| 释义 | decadence noun[ U ] uk /ˈdek.ə.dəns/ us /ˈdek.ə.dəns/ low moral standards and behaviour: 堕落，颓废，腐朽 Western decadence西方的堕落 Morally wrong and evil abhorrent abhorrently amoral amorality anomie dissolute dissolutely dissoluteness enormity evil nefariousness no goodidiom no more Mr Nice Guyidiom non-ethical obscene trespass turpitude unconscionable unconscionably unethical decadence | American Dictionarydecadence noun[ U ] us/ˈdek·ə·dəns/ a state of low standards in a society; social decay decadentadjectiveus/ˈdek·ə·dənt/ The US was widely condemned as a decadent society. Examples of decadencedecadence This provincial paradise would triumph over the decadence of metropolitan culture simply by escaping its infections. The decadence and detachment of the aesthetes was but the result of high capitalism and the necessary alienation of the worker from his task. The former is popularly associated with poverty and living conditions, the latter (incorrectly) with social decadence. Rather than search for solace in images of primitive virtue, the wine poem finds it in sophisticated decadence. It is he, above all, who represents imperial decadence and corruption. He criticized what he called "literary decadence," where meaning resides in flashes of insight but not in the text as a whole. Yet, the ghazal is the very opposite of that image of decadence. Part of this was an even stronger statement about the potential of music education to curb drunkenness, decadence and social disruption amongst the working classes. The past, furthermore, shows no sign of decadence: it must be freshly depicted in its original image and remain eternally young. The conduct of the principals in these cases suggested the decadence and corruption of family life among the socially prominent and well-to-do. The epitome of glamour and decadence before the 1949 revolution, the city was punished for its capitalist excesses afterwards. They are given to self-indulgence and dissolution or are infected by the evil of decadence and corruption, thus causing many deplorable problems. Man's total conquest of nature, it seems, has led to decadence. Gissing's responses to missionary aestheticism reflected his own general ambivalence towards the two models of practical aestheticism and practical decadence. However, within the monastic community decadence and dissension increased. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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