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de·cay·er 英dɪ'keɪ美dɪ'keɪ
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v.使衰退²⁷;使腐败¹⁰;使腐烂⁶³n.衰退;腐烂;腐败名词decayer过去分词decayed现在分词decaying三单decays
n.名词
U腐烂；腐朽the process or result of being destroyed by natural causes or by not being cared for U社会、机构、制度等的衰败，衰退the gradual destruction of a society, an institution, a system, etc.
v.动词
vt. & vi. 使腐烂,使腐朽make or become bad vi. 衰败,衰退,衰落fall to a lower or worse state;decline
Noun:
the process of gradually becoming inferiora gradual decrease; as of stored charge or currentthe organic phenomenon of rottingan inferior state resulting from the process of decaying;the corpse was in an advanced state of decay the house had fallen into a serious state of decay and disrepair the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation
Verb:
lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current;the particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission process fall into decay or ruin;The unoccupied house started to decay undergo decay or decomposition;The body started to decay and needed to be cremated rot，decay，decompose这些动词均有“烂、腐烂”之意。 rot指蔬菜水果或肉类的分解、腐烂。 decay通常指事物国家或人由盛转衰。 decompose侧重指动物或植物类物体由于内部组织的分解而导致的腐烂过程。 15世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自古法语的decair，意为烂掉。
用作名词 n.
形容词+～bacterial decay细菌性腐烂creeping political decay政治上的逐渐腐败dental decay牙齿龋蚀mental decay智力衰退moral decay道德沦丧premature decay早衰radioactive decay放射衰败名词+～tooth decay牙齿龋蚀
近义词 spoilv. rot反义词 growprogressv. flourish
用作名词n.The decay of the meat could have been prevented by proper refrigeration.如果经过适当的冷藏，这些肉本来不至于腐烂掉。
The decay had not proceeded very far.腐烂的还不算厉害。
The corpse was preserved from decay by embalming.尸体用香料涂抹以防腐烂。
Dental decay in children in Britain has almost reached epidemic levels.在英国，儿童蛀牙之普遍几乎达到了流行病的程度。
Neglect has accelerated this house's decay.这栋房子因没有人管理而加快损坏。
That university has fallen into decay in the last 50 years.那所大学在过去的50年逐渐没落了。
The buildings had started to fall into decay.建筑物开始衰败。
This industry has been in decay for some time.这一工业进入衰败期已有一段时间。用作动词v.
用作不及物动词
S+～+AThe cabbages had already started to decay.卷心菜已经开始烂了。
They claimed that the plastics wouldn't decay if they were buried.他们声称塑料被埋起来就不会腐烂。
Facilities built in the 1960s have started to decay.建于20世纪60年代的设施开始损坏了。
The role of the extended family has been decaying for some time.大家庭的作用已开始在一段时间内有所减退。
The human world, being what it is, could only decay in the course of time.人类的世界，就其现状而言，最终非衰败不可。
用作及物动词
S+ ～+n./pron.Pollution has decayed the surface of the stonework on the front of the cathedral.污染已腐蚀了教堂前部的石头雕塑。其他She smelt the unpleasantly sweet smell of decaying meat.她闻到了肉类腐烂发出的变质臭味。
v.动词
decay的基本意思是通过化学变化而“使腐烂,使腐朽”。可用来比喻因体力、精力、活力或影响力等的丧失而“衰败,衰退,衰落”至一个较原来低或差的状态,此时只用作不及物动词。
名词82%,动词18%
The dampness of the climatedecayedthe books.气候潮湿，把书都霉坏了。用作名词⎤ |