堕落

堕落 [duò luò]

1. ■ go downhill; degenerate; fall [drop] by the way side; go to the bad; go to the deuce [devil]; sink low:

受金钱的诱惑而堕落 degenerate under the temptation of money;

堕落成罪犯 degenerate into a criminal;

走上堕落、犯罪的道路 embark on the road of degeneration and crime;

政治上堕落 be politically degenerate;

他怎么会堕落到这种地步呢? How could he sink to such depths?

饮酒和赌博使他彻底堕落了。 Drinking and gambling sank him completely.