1. Standards in the administration of justice have degenerated. 司法监管的标准已退化了。
2. However much he may have degenerated, he still knew that this is all that really matters. 不管他有多堕落,他仍然知道这才是最重要的。
3. In our own time, America's musical high culture has degenerated into a formulaic entertainment divorced from the contemporary moment. 在我们这个时代,美国的音乐高雅文化已经退化为一种脱离当代的俗套娱乐。