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

• 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。
• The nucleus decays into three particles which go off in separate directions.
  这个核衰变成飞向不同方向的三个粒子。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• However, sometimes organism ( organic) matter is buried before it decays completely.
  然而有时候有机物会在被完全分解之前就已被埋葬了。
• B meson decays are important places to test the standard model and search for possible new physics beyond the SM for their special qualities.
  介子衰变过程以其独特的性质成为检验标准模型，探索新物理的重要场所，是当前粒子物理学的一个重要研究领域。
• 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。