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

  1. 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

  1. N-UNCOUNT 堕落;腐化;道德败坏;邪恶
    Depravity is 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

双语例句

  1. 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。
  2. 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!
  3. 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。
  4. US president Barack Obama called it heinous and said terrorists have once again shown their depravity by targeting students and teachers.
    美国总统巴拉克•奥巴马(BarackObama)称这次袭击极其凶残,并表示通过把学生和教师当作袭击目标,恐怖分子再次显示了他们的堕落本质。
  5. 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。
  6. 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。
  7. Conduct or an action marked by depravity or brutality.
    兽行表现为野蛮或残忍的行为或举止。
  8. Nowadays, Chinese society is facing a series of more serious social problems such as depravity, etc.
    当前,中国社会正面临着诸如腐败等一系列较为严重的社会问题。
  9. Even if thought of giving up, but I can not see their own depravity.
    即使想过放弃,但我不能看到自己的堕落。
  10. We responded to the worst kind of depravity with the best of our humanity.
    我们用我们最美好的人性来回应那些最邪恶的暴行。
  11. 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?
  12. 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。
  13. There are many lands which have been made very dirty through war and conflict, through vice and depravity and through extraction of and pollution through oil, gas, coal, and other'raw materials '.
    有许多土地已经由于战争和冲突,恶性和堕落,石油天然气煤矿以及其它原生能源的大量攫取和污染,变得非常脏污。
  14. That's untrue. I don't share in his depravity!
    不对,我不会和他一起堕落的!
  15. Integration of Women Imagination and City Imagination& The Relation between Prostitutes and Shanghai in the Depravity Romances of Shanghai
    女性想像与都市想像的互为一体&论海派狭邪小说中***与上海的关系
  16. 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。
  17. Indulge the ego in the unconscious inside, and that is not only is depravity, I think the revenge!
    在无意识中放纵自我,那不仅是堕落,我是想报复!
  18. Inferiority and Surpassing of Inferiority& An Individual Psychological Analysis of Sink into Depravity
    自卑与超越&《沉沦》的个体心理学分析
  19. Because of the nature of their depravity.
    是因为她们本性的堕落。
  20. 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。
  21. The laws of men or the laws of religion have no longer sufficient power to check depravity of manners and the triumph of the wicked.
    人类的法律和宗教的规条已无力阻止道德沦落、邪恶得逞。
  22. 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。
  23. It seemed to reveal to her an undreamed depravity in her nature.
    这念头似乎对她揭露了自己本性里过去竟想不到的一种劣根性。
  24. Old Testament depravity has no place in this school.
    这个学校不允许任何堕落的事情。
  25. Arrogance is followed by destruction, and unbridled conceitedness by depravity; it is not necessary to defeat others to make our own sucess.
    骄傲的后面是毁灭,狂妄的后面是堕落。为了放射自己的光,无需吹灭别人的灯。
  26. Violative of the principles of liberty; considered such depravity offensive against all laws of humanity.
    对自由原则的违反;考虑到如此堕落的对人类法令的违犯。
  27. It is a crucial matter in harnessing of "academic depravity" that researches and builds a scientific and disinterested appreciation mechanism of academic achievement in social sciences.
    研究和建立科学、正的社会科学学术成果评价机制,是整治学术腐败的关键。
  28. Fitzgerald attributes the depravity of the modern dream to wealth and privilege.
    菲茨杰拉德把现在美国梦的堕落归过与财富与特权。
  29. But depravity, evasion and suicide cannot free oneself form and solve all the problems.
    堕落,逃避和自杀不能让人获得自由和解决所有的问题。
  30. Chapter three further expounds the imitation on the biblical themes of depravity and salvation in Of Mice and Men.
    第三章主要阐释《人鼠之间》对《圣经》中的堕落与拯救主题的模仿。

英英释义

noun

  1. a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice
    1. the various turpitudes of modern society

    Synonym:    turpitude

  2. 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