from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English. noun One that is decadent, or deteriorating; esp., one characterized by, or exhibiting, the qualities of those who are degenerating to a lower type; -- specif. applied to a certain school of modern French writers....
Word History Etymology Adjective and Noun back-formation from decadence First Known Use Adjective 1837, in the meaning defined at sense 2 Noun 1886, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Time Traveler The first known use of decadent was in 1837 See more words from the same year ...
decadent meaning, definition, what is decadent: having low moral standards and being mor...: Learn more.
(nominativedecadens) "decaying," present participle ofdecadere"to decay," from Latinde-"apart, down" (seede-) +cadere"to fall" (from PIE root*kad-"to fall"). Meaning "process of falling away from a better or more vital state" is from 1620s. Used of periods in art since 1852, ...
Sometimes a moral component was also part of the meaning of this word, a judgment that the decline was evidence of a flaw, error, or sin. In this it echoed the usage of the word in French, its direct source into English. Here the French term is used, then translated: ...
He learned one english word a day , but when his teachers taught the word " hamburger , " they were unable to explain its meaning , only that it symbolized america 's " decadent and evil nature . " 他每天学一个英文单词,当老师教到“hamburger”(汉堡包)这个词的时候,没人能解释它的含义,...
aYouknow,youlose,Iwilllosethemeaningofliving Youknow, youlose, Iwilllosethemeaningofliving [translate] a他于1971年出生于一个贫穷的家庭 He was born in 1971 in a poor family [translate] a不好意思,我不知道能和你聊些什么,因为我是第一次和国际友人聊天。希望您多多包含 Embarrassed, I did not ...
6. 'Shining in Modest Glory': Post-Romantic Strains in Kavanagh, Heaney, Mahon, Carson, and Others The chapter's sub-title employs a pun in 'strains' — meaning poetic music and tensions — to suggest the divided but productive use to which Romantic poet... M O'Neill - The All-Sustai...
abyt是什么意思 byt is any meaning[translate] a据说那个谋杀事件发生在午夜 It is said that murder event occurs in the midnight[translate] a我希望我能为你做些事情来报答你的好意 正在翻译,请等待...[translate] aMan, roll 一,角色[translate] ...
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