中文词源
decadence 堕落
de-, 向下。-cad, 掉落，词源同case, accident. 引申义堕落。
英语词源
- decadence (n.)
- 1540s, from Middle French décadence (early 15c.), from Medieval Latin decadentia "decay," from decadentem (nominative decadens) "decaying," present participle of decadere "to decay," from Latin de- "apart, down" (see de-) + cadere "to fall" (see case (n.1)). Used of periods in art since 1852, on French model.
权威例句
- 1. The empire had for years been falling into decadence.
- 这个帝国走向腐朽堕落已经经年。
- 2. The country, they say, will inevitably now plunge headlong into decadence.
- 他们说，现在整个国家会不可避免地一头陷入衰退中。
- 3. the decadence of modern Western society
- 现代西方社会的颓废现象
- 4. The decadence of morals is bad for a nation.
- 道德的堕落对国家是不利的.
- 5. That city seems to be the hothouse of decadence.
- 该城市似乎是堕落的温床.
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