depravity meaning in English
n.
1.堕落;腐败;邪恶。
2.〔pl.〕 恶劣行为,腐化堕落的行为。
Examples
- 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。” - 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。 - 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。 - She spoke of the depravity of the natives in a voice which nothing could hush, but with a vehemently unctuous horror .
她说起土人如何堕落的时候,嗓门高亢,全无掩饰,却带着一种津津乐道而又慷慨激昂的嫌恶神情。