腐朽

Even heels can appear overly casual with decadent patterns or in the form of strappy sandals.

甚至可能出现过度高跟鞋与腐朽的模式或形式的strappy凉鞋休闲。

The writer and the novel make us feel a culture's declining and a pre-morden consciousness.

从贾平凹身上，从小说本身，我们感觉到了一种文化的没落与腐朽，一种前现代意识。

As a matter of fact, her father was typical of the last generation of decadent aristocracy in China, indulging himself in opium-smoking and concubine-keeping.

事实上，她的父亲是典型的上一代腐朽贵族中国，纵容自己的鸦片烟和维持妻妾生活。

As satyrs are twisted and corrupted, violence and depravity are inseparable parts of their nature.

萨特那扭曲又腐朽，暴力又堕落的本性是不可或缺的。

The destruction of the palace is probably the rawest nerve in what the Chinese refer to as "the century of national shame and humiliation" when the British, French and other colonial powers took advantage of the decaying Qing dynasty to occupy parts of the country and prize open the economy for the opium trade.

圆明园被毁可能是中国人最大的痛处，被称作&百年国耻&。当时英国、法国和其它殖民国家利用清王朝的日益腐朽，占领了中国部分地区，并借助武力迫使中国开放鸦片贸易。

Decompose, largely restricted to the breakdown of substances into their chemical components, also connotes rotting and putrefying, both literally and figuratively

Decompose 主要限于指物质分裂成其化学组成成份，含有腐朽、腐烂的意思，既可以从字面上来理解，也可以从喻意上来理解

The probability of injecting cold water into the steam generators in operation in the internal structures and connected pipings to prevent thermal shock or fatigue should be reduced by considerations in design.

应该在设计时考虑并降低在蒸气发生器中注入冷水使内部构造和相连管道运转以防止热冲击或材料腐朽的可能性。

To this corrupt regime destroyed a blow this is the Patriots need to do.

给予这腐朽的政权毁灭一击，这才是志士需要做的。

The chief fundraiser for disgraced former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has died just days before he was due to start serving an eight-year sentence for corruption. 51-year-old Christopher Kelly was found in a lumber yard parking lot southwest of Chicago Friday.

身败名裂的前伊利诺斯州长的主要资金筹集人在做8年腐朽服役的前几天逝世。51岁的Christopher Kelly 星期五在芝加哥西南部的停车场的堆木场发现了他。

If people would but leave children to themselves; if teachers would ease to bully them; if parents would not insist upon directing their thoughts and dominating their feeling—those feelings and thoughts which are a mystery to all for how much do you and I know of each other, of our children, of our fathers, of our neighbours, and how far more beautiful and sacred are the thoughts of the poor lad or girl whom you govern likely to be, than those of the dull and world-corrupted person who rules him?

如果咱们对孩子放松一些，做老师的不欺压学生，做父母的不坚持引导儿女的思想，控制儿女的情感，我认为决没有害处。譬如说，你我之间何尝相互了解呢？自己的孩子，父亲，街坊邻居，心里在思量什么，咱们何尝知道呢？呆钝腐朽的成年人偏爱管教小辈，其实小孩子的思想比他们的高尚神圣得多着呢。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。