名詞 decadence:

1. the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
   同義詞：degeneracy, degeneration, decadency

1. A member of the Decadence movement.
   頹廢派藝術(shù)家頹廢派運(yùn)動(dòng)的一員

dec.a.dence

n.（名詞）
A process, condition, or period of deterioration or decline, as in morals or art; decay.
墮落：在道德或藝術(shù)方面變壞，或衰落的過(guò)程、條件、或期間；衰敗
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 頹廢派文藝：尤指9世紀(jì)末期法國(guó)和英國(guó)的一個(gè)文學(xué)運(yùn)動(dòng)，以文雅的美學(xué)、技巧和追求新感覺(jué)為特征

來(lái)源：
French décadence
法語(yǔ) décadence
from Old French decadence
源自 古法語(yǔ) decadence
from Medieval Latin dôcadentia [a decaying, declining]
源自 中世紀(jì)拉丁語(yǔ) dôcadentia [衰敗，衰落]
from Vulgar Latin *dôcadere [to decay] * see decay
源自 俗拉丁語(yǔ) *dôcadere [腐敗] *參見(jiàn) decay