decadence [ˈdɛkədəns, dɪˈkedn:s]

例句:

• The empire had for years been falling into decadence.
  这个帝国走向腐朽堕落已经经年。
  
• The country, they say, will inevitably now plunge headlong into decadence.
  他们说，现在整个国家会不可避免地一头陷入衰退中。
  
• the decadence of modern Western society
  现代西方社会的颓废现象
  
• Some pathetic exclamation on the decadence of taste and genius.
  来自Goldsmith
• Decadence, decay, decline, dull inefficiency, and apocalypse .
  来自NEWYORKER
• I have no profession...It is another example of my decadence.
  来自E. M. Forster