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单词 degeneracy
释义 de·gen·er·a·cy
I. \də̇ˈjen(ə)rəsē, dēˈ-, -si\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: degenerate + -cy
1.
 a. : the state of being degenerate : degradation, debasement
  < centuries of degeneracy and transition — H.O.Taylor >
  < would it have committed suicide in an isolated act of intellectual and moral degeneracy — H.J.Morgenthau >
 b. : a state or instance of deteriorated or disintegrated energy or control
  < simplifications and even degeneracies — J.A.Thomson >
2. : the process of becoming degenerate : a decline to inferior standards of behavior, morality, culture, or art
 < our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid — Abraham Lincoln >
 < moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration >
 < how can we prevent the degeneracy of man in modern civilization — Alexis Carrel >
3. : sexual perversion
II. noun
: the coding of an amino acid by more than one codon of the genetic code
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