decay
v. (使)腐爛,腐朽; 衰敗
n. 腐爛,腐朽; 衰敗
When something such as a dead body, a dead plant, or a tooth decays, it is gradually destroyed by a natural process.
The bodies buried in the fine ash slowly decayed...
埋在灰燼裡的屍體慢慢地腐爛了。
The ground was scattered with decaying leaves.
地上滿是腐敗的落葉。
If something such as a society, system, or institution decays, it gradually becomes weaker or its condition gets worse.
Popular cinema seems to have decayed...
大眾電影似乎已經衰落了。
Congress has tried dozens of approaches to revitalize decaying urban and rural areas.
國會已試行過數十種方法來重振正在走向衰敗的城鄉地區。
1. the process of gradually becoming inferior
2. a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current
3. the organic phenomenon of rotting
4. an inferior state resulting from the process of decaying;
5. the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation
1. lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current;
2. fall into decay or ruin;
3. undergo decay or decomposition;
rot, decay, decompose
這些動詞均有"爛,腐爛"之意。
Who lets so fair a house to decay.
誰肯讓一座這樣的華廈傾頹.
What made the Roman Empire decay?
羅馬帝國為何衰亡?
The decay of the meat could have been prevented by proper refrigeration.
如果經過適當的冷藏,這些肉本來不至於腐爛掉.
Each civilization is born, it culminates, and it decay.
各種文明都要歷經誕生, 鼎盛和衰落.
Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth, causing decay.
細菌附著在牙縫中的食物殘渣上, 導致蛀牙.