decadence

• n.堕落、退廃、衰退

de-、下へ。-cad、堕落する、語源的にはcase、事故と同じ。

decadence (n.)

1540s, from Middle French décadence (early 15c.), from Medieval Latin decadentia "decay," from decadentem (nominative decadens) "decaying," present participle of decadere "to decay," from Latin de- "apart, down" (see de-) + cadere "to fall" (see case (n.1)). Used of periods in art since 1852, on French model.

1. The empire had for years been falling into decadence .

この帝国が朽ち果て堕落して久しい。

2.The country，they say，will inevitably now plunge headlong into decadence .

彼らは、今や国全体が不況に陥ることは避けられないと言っている。

3.the decadence of modern Western society

現代西洋社会の退廃現象

4.The decadence of morals is bad for a nation.

道徳の堕落は国にとって不利である.

5.That city seems to be the hothouse of decadence .

この町は堕落の温床になっているようだ。