c. 1600, from French dégéneration (15c.) or directly from Late Latin degenerationem (nominative degeneratio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin degenerare (see degenerate (adj.)).
权威例句
1. Over-use of those drugs, coupled with poor diet, leads to physical degeneration.
过量使用那些药物再加上饮食缺乏营养,导致健康状况恶化。
2. Intensive farming in the area has caused severe degeneration of the land.
这个地区的集约化农业使得土壤严重贫瘠化。
3. This is a late change in the degeneration of cells.
这是细胞衰退的晚期变化.
4. Inadequate cell nutrition around vessels causes degeneration of tunica adventitia.
血管周围细胞的营养不足,引起外膜的变性.
5. Ageing is accompanied by a slow degeneration of his mental faculties.