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Depravity

“Depravity”是一个名词,表示堕落、邪恶,指道德败坏、邪恶或腐败的状态。这个词强调道德败坏和邪恶。

  1. The depravity of the crime shocked everyone. (犯罪的邪恶让每个人都感到震惊。)
  2. The depravity was evident in his actions. (邪恶在他的行为中很明显。)
  3. She spoke against the depravity in society. (她反对社会中的堕落。)

“Depravity”来自形容词 “depraved”(堕落的),加上后缀 “-ity”(名词后缀,表示状态)。

  • 前缀:de-(降低)
  • 词根:prav-(正直)
  • 后缀:-ity(名词后缀)

“Depravity”是正式用词,常用于描述道德败坏、邪恶的状态,在正式和文学语境中经常使用。

  • 形容词形式:depraved(堕落的)

可以将 “depravity” 与 “depraved”(堕落的)联系起来,“-ity” 后缀将其变为名词形式。

The news stories about the criminal’s depravity were hard to read - the things he did were so evil and cruel that it was disturbing. Depravity represents the worst of human nature, when people lose all sense of right and wrong. It’s scary to think that some people can sink to such levels of depravity.

关于罪犯邪恶的新闻报道很难阅读——他做的事情如此邪恶和残忍,令人不安。堕落代表了人性最坏的一面,当人们失去所有是非感时。想到有些人可以沉沦到如此堕落的地步是可怕的。