depravity

depravity
[dɪˈpravɪti]
(pl. -ies)
  1. [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
  1. mid 17th cent.: alteration (influenced by deprave) of obsolete pravity, from Latin pravitas, from pravus 'crooked, perverse'
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