基本释义
- v.
- （使）腐烂，腐朽; 衰败
- n.
- 腐烂，腐朽; 衰败
实用例句
economic/moral/urban decay
经济衰退；道德败坏；城市衰落
牛津词典
the decay of the old industries
旧工业的衰败
牛津词典
decaying leaves/teeth/food
烂叶；蛀齿；腐烂食物
牛津词典
decaying inner city areas
衰败中的旧城区
牛津词典
decaying standards of morality
日趋低下的道德标准
牛津词典
tooth decay
蛀牙
牛津词典
The landlord had let the building fall into decay .
房东不管，房子已经破烂不堪。
牛津词典
The smell of death and decay hung over the town.
城市上空弥漫着死亡和腐烂的气息。
牛津词典
The bodies buried in the fine ash slowly decayed...
埋在灰烬里的尸体慢慢地腐烂了。
The ground was scattered with decaying leaves.
地上满是腐败的落叶。
Popular cinema seems to have decayed...
大众电影似乎已经衰落了。
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。
Who lets so fair a house to decay.
谁肯让一座这样的华厦倾颓.
期刊摘选
What made the Roman Empire decay?
罗马帝国为何衰亡?
《现代英汉综合大词典》
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.
《简明英汉词典》
Each civilization is born, it culminates, and it decay.
各种文明都要历经诞生, 鼎盛和衰落.
《用法词典》
Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth, causing decay.
细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上, 导致蛀牙.
《简明英汉词典》
Salt preserves food from decay.
盐能防止食物腐烂.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
The old civilization was fast falling into decay.
旧文化很快地衰落下去.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
The wood is treated with preservative to prevent decay.
这块木头用防腐剂处理过以防止腐烂.
《简明英汉词典》
Sugar can decay the tooth.
糖会腐蚀牙齿.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
Cavities in teeth are caused by decay.
牙齿上的空洞是由龋蚀造成的.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
真题例句
The development of the Elizabethan drama for the next twenty-five years is of exceptional interest to students of literary history, for in this brief period we may trace the beginning, growth, blossoming, and decay of many kinds of plays, and of many great careers.
出自-2018年考研翻译原文In zones of increased turbulence, the planes' wakes will decay more quickly and the effect will diminish.
2010年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ英英释义
1. the process of gradually becoming inferior
2. a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current
3. the organic phenomenon of rotting
4. an 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"
5. the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation
1. lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current;
"the particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission process"
2. fall into decay or ruin;
"The unoccupied house started to decay"
3. undergo decay or decomposition;
"The body started to decay and needed to be cremated"