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

• 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。
• 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。
• Each civilization is born, it culminates, and it decays.
  各种文明都要经历诞生、鼎盛和衰亡。
• 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。
• 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。
• In a single-stage regulator, delivery pressure increASes AS cylinder pressure decays, because there is less gAS pressure exerted on the valve stem.
  在单级调整器里，输出压力随钢瓶压力的减小而增大，这是因为施加在阀门系统上的气体压力减小了。
• 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。
• In addition, unused ozone naturally and quickly decays to oxygen.
  除此之外，不用的新鲜空气自然地而且很快地衰退到氧。
• 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。
• 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。