单词：decays
n a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current
n the organic phenomenon of rotting
n an inferior state resulting from the process of decaying
n the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation
v lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current
v fall into decay or ruin
v undergo decay or decomposition
decay的用法和样例：
例句
- Naomi: Your entire body is begining to decay.直美:你的整个身体都在衰退。
- What made the Roman Empire decay?罗马帝国为何衰亡？
- The dampness of the climate decayed the books.气候潮湿，把书都霉坏了。
- The vegetables have begun to decay.那些蔬菜已开始腐烂。
- His mental decay is distressing.他的智力衰退令人苦恼。
- Bacteria complete the job by causing decay.细菌通过引起腐烂而完成这个变化。
- The dentist could detect no decay in her teeth.牙医检查了她的牙，未见有龋齿。
常见句型
- 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。
- The 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。
- 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。
- She smelt the unpleasantly sweet smell of decaying meat.她闻到了肉类腐烂发出的变质臭味。
词汇搭配
- 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
- tooth decay牙齿龋蚀
经典引文
If thy brother bee waxen poore, and fallen in decay with thee.
出自：Bible (AV): LeviticusThe decay of our civilization,..a break-down of social structures and..a drying-up of the emotional springs of life.
出自：R. G. CollingwoodAncient..families..decayed..into the humble vale of life.
出自：Sir W. ScottImpoverished widows and spinsters of the middle classes..were officially described as 'decayed gentlewomen'.
出自：John Gloag
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