•Educational standards are degenerating year by year because of a lack of funds.由于缺乏资金，教育水准连年下降。

•What was intended as a peaceful demonstration rapidly degenerated into violence.一场原本和平的示威迅速演变成了暴力事件。

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•a degenerate young man堕落的年轻人

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•They're just moral degenerates with no sense of decency.他们这些人道德败坏，毫无廉耻之心。