dec.a.dence
n.(名词)A process, condition, or period of deterioration or decline, as in morals or art; decay.堕落:在道德或艺术方面变坏,或衰落的过程、条件、或期间;衰败Often Decadence A literary movement especially of late 9th-century France and England characterized by refined aestheticism, artifice, and the quest for new sensations. 常作 Decadence 颓废派文艺:尤指9世纪末期法国和英国的一个文学运动,以文雅的美学、技巧和追求新感觉为特征
来源:French décadence 法语 décadence from Old French decadence 源自 古法语 decadence from Medieval Latin dôcadentia [a decaying, declining] 源自 中世纪拉丁语 dôcadentia [衰败,衰落] from Vulgar Latin *dôcadere [to decay] * see decay 源自 俗拉丁语 *dôcadere [腐败] *参见 decay