decays

英 [dɪˈkeɪz]

美 [dɪˈkeɪz]

v.  (使)腐烂，腐朽; (建筑、地方等)破败，衰落，衰败; (力量、影响等)衰弱，衰退，衰减
decay的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB (尸体或死去的植物）腐烂，腐朽，腐败;(牙齿）遭蛀蚀
  When something such as a dead body, a dead plant, or a toothdecays, it is gradually destroyed by a natural process.
  1. The bodies buried in the fine ash slowly decayed...
     埋在灰烬里的尸体慢慢地腐烂了。
  2. The ground was scattered with decaying leaves.
     地上满是腐败的落叶。
  3. Decayis also a noun.
     
  4. When not removed, plaque causes tooth decay and gum disease.
     牙斑如果不清除就会导致牙齿蛀蚀和牙龈疾病。
• VERB (社会、制度、机构等）衰败，衰退，衰落
  If something such as a society, system, or institutiondecays, it gradually becomes weaker or its condition gets worse.
  1. Popular cinema seems to have decayed...
     大众电影似乎已经衰落了。
  2. Congress has tried dozens of approaches to revitalize decaying urban and rural areas.
     国会已试行过数十种方法来重振正在走向衰败的城乡地区。
  3. Decayis also a noun.
     
  4. There are problems of urban decay and gang violence.
     存在城市衰败和帮派暴力的问题。

双语例句

• Further energy is given off in their decays.
  放射性衰变引起的反冲在它们蜕变时又放出一些能量。
• Food which is kept too long decays because it is attacked by yeasts, moulds and bacteria.
  保存得太久的食品会变坏，这是因为受到酵母菌，霉菌和细菌侵袭的缘故。
• Let us calculate first how much energy is released when a free neutron decays.
  让我们首先来计算一个自由中子的衰变会释放出多少能量。
• Once your active corpse decays we will resurrect you at the nearest graveyard.
  一旦你的尸体开始腐坏，我们就会在最近的墓地将你复活。
• Your memory actually decays, no matter how much you might think about the maze.
  你的记忆力实际上衰退了，不管你怎么努力的记忆这个迷宫。
• Each civilization is born, it culminates, and it decays.
  各种文明都要经历诞生、鼎盛和衰亡。
• Most of that energy is released when the plant dies and decays.
  当植物死亡和腐烂时大部分的能量释放。
• The study of saltmarsh water-sediment-plant interface made a great progress in re-cent two decays.
  近二十多年，盐沼水-沉积物-植物界面流速的研究取得了很大的进展。
• Furthermore, light intensity decays accordingly to a given ratio of the distance from the lamp.
  另外，光线强度按比例随着与到灯之间的距离的拉大而减小。
• Reservoirs behind dams flood vegetation, which decays, releasing methane and soil carbon.
  大坝背后的水库会淹没植被，使之腐烂，释放出甲烷和土壤碳。