January 29, 2008

Decadent

decadent



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a. (形容詞 adjective)

          1.    墮落的;頹廢的;衰落的
          2.    (文學、藝術)頹廢期的;頹廢派的

n. (名詞 noun)[C]

          1.    墮落者;頹廢者
          2.    (常大寫)頹廢派藝術家(或作家)


The Columbia Guide to Standard American English

decadence (n.), decadent (adj.)   
 
Each has two standard pronunciations: DEK-uh-dens or di-KAI-dens and DEK-uh-dent or di-KAI-dent. The first in each pair is the more frequent. 


Brimming [with] the subversive wit which 

characterizes all of Buñuel's finest work, That Obscure Object of Desire takes satiric aim at a decadent, decaying society riddled by political unrest and moral bankruptcy. 








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