[mass noun]moral corruption 堕落,腐化,道德败坏 a tale of wickedness and depravity hard to credit. 有关邪恶与难以置信的腐败行为的故事。 ■[count noun]a wicked or morally corrupt act 堕落行为,邪恶行为 ■(Christian Theology)the innate corruptness of human nature, due to original sin (基督教神学)(人性中源于原罪的)固有堕落本性
语源
mid 17th cent.: alteration (influenced by deprave) of obsolete pravity, from Latin pravitas, from pravus 'crooked, perverse'