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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The pump wave decays into an ion Bernstein wave or a lower hybrid wave is most probable.
  泵波参量衰变成离子伯恩斯坦模或低杂波是最可能的参量过程。
• 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。
• 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。
• Reservoirs behind dams flood vegetation, which decays, releasing methane and soil carbon.
  大坝背后的水库会淹没植被，使之腐烂，释放出甲烷和土壤碳。