1. имя существительное выродок, дегенерат Синоним(ы): monster 2. прилагательное вырождающийся Синоним(ы): depraved 3. глагол 1) (degenerate into) вырождаться, перерастать (во что-либо) Например: The incident degenerated into a fight. — Этот инцидент перерос в драку. A 20,000-strong demonstration degenerated into a riot of unprecedented violence. — Демонстрация, в которой приняли участие двадцать тысяч человек, переросла в беспрецедентные по своей жестокости массовые беспорядки. Everyone needs time to play, but some let it degenerate into laziness. — Всем нужно время для развлечений, но у некоторых это переходит в бездельничанье. 2) ухудшаться Например: His health degenerated quickly. — Его здоровье ухудшалось с каждым днём.
1) вырождаться; вырождающийся 2) вырожденный
I. adjective Etymology: Middle English degenerat, from Latin degeneratus, past participle of degenerare to degenerate, from de- + gener-, genus race, kind — more at kin 1. a. having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state b. having sunk to a condition below that which is normal to a type; especially having sunk to a lower and usually corrupt and vicious state c. degraded 2 2. being mathematically simpler (as by having a factor or constant equal to zero) than the typical case Example: a degenerate hyperbola 3. characterized by atoms stripped of their electrons and by very great density Example: degenerate matter; also consisting of degenerate matter Example: a degenerate star 4. having two or more states or subdivisions Example: degenerate energy level 5. having more than one codon representing an amino acid; also being such a codon Synonyms: see vicious • degenerately adverb • degenerateness noun II. verb intransitive verb 1. to pass from a higher to a lower type or condition; deteriorate 2. to sink into a low intellectual or moral state 3. to decline in quality Example: the poetry gradually degenerates into jingles 4. to decline from a condition or from the standards of a species, race, or breed 5. to evolve or develop into a less autonomous or less functionally active form Example: degenerated into dependent parasites transitive verb to cause to degenerate III. noun one that is degenerate: as a. one degraded from the normal moral standard b. a sexual pervert c. one showing signs of reversion to an earlier culture stage