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

• 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。
• Since radioactive iodine decays rapidly, virtually all radiation ceases within a few weeks.
  由于放射性碘能迅速破坏，因而实际上几星期内放射性就全部结束了。
• 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 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 this thesis we discussed several problems concerning B decays and CP violation.
  本文讨论了B物理和CP破坏领域内的几个感兴趣的问题。
• 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。
• However, sometimes organic matter expire it before it decays completely.
  然而，有时候一些有机物在植物死前就被完全释放了。
• It decays linearly in time.
  浓度随时间线性衰减。
• The more the room is filled with absorbent the faster the sound decays.
  房间的吸收率越高，声音就衰减得越快。
• 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。