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

• 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。
• The study of saltmarsh water-sediment-plant interface made a great progress in re-cent two decays.
  近二十多年，盐沼水-沉积物-植物界面流速的研究取得了很大的进展。
• 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。
• 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。
• Thus, delivery pressure remains constant even as cylinder pressure decays, eliminating the need for frequent control knob adjustment.
  因此，即使钢瓶压力下降，调整器的输出压力保持恒定，从而不需要经常调整控制钮。
• The nucleus decays into three particles which go off in separate directions.
  这个核衰变成飞向不同方向的三个粒子。
• The more the room is filled with absorbent the faster the sound decays.
  房间的吸收率越高，声音就衰减得越快。
• 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 that energy ( is) released when the plant dies and decays.
  当植物死亡并分解后，大部分能量将被释放出来。
• 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。