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

• Most of that energy is released when the plant dies and decays. However, sometimes organic matter is buried before it decays completely.
  大部分能量在植物死亡和腐败的时候就被释放了。让比尔，有时有机质会在完全腐烂之前被埋藏。
• Each civilization is born, it culminates, and it decays.
  各种文明都要经历诞生、鼎盛和衰亡。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Thus, delivery pressure remains constant even as cylinder pressure decays, eliminating the need for frequent control knob adjustment.
  因此，即使钢瓶压力下降，调整器的输出压力保持恒定，从而不需要经常调整控制钮。
• 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。
• As this decays, it releases significant amounts of carbon dioxide and methane.
  随着有机物的腐烂，它会释放出相当数量的二氧化碳和甲烷。
• Most of their energy is released when the plant dies and decays.
  其中大多数的能量在植物死去或腐败之后被释放出来。
• In a single-stage regulator, delivery pressure increASes AS cylinder pressure decays, because there is less gAS pressure exerted on the valve stem.
  在单级调整器里，输出压力随钢瓶压力的减小而增大，这是因为施加在阀门系统上的气体压力减小了。