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柯林斯词典

同根词

词根：decay

• adj.

  decayed 腐烂的；腐败的；衰退的

• v.

  decayed 腐烂；衰退（decay的过去分词）

同近义词

• vi.衰退，[核]衰减；腐烂，[木]腐朽

  fail   /   flag

• n.衰退，[核]衰减；腐烂，[木]腐朽

  recession   /   downturn   /   decline   /   decomposition

• vt.使腐烂，使腐败；使衰退，使衰落

  corrupt   /   septicize

同义词辨析

decay putrefy rot 【导航词义：腐败，腐烂】

decay v. （使）腐烂，（使）腐败

例1: The dampness of the climate caused the fruits to decay.

气候潮湿，水果都霉烂了。

例2: Meat decays easily.

肉类很容易腐烂。

例3: Two of my teeth decayed from lack of care.

由于不注意保护牙齿，我长了两颗蛀牙。

例4: These buildings were left to decay.

这些建筑被听任破败下去。

例5: The Roman Empire began to decay.

罗马帝国开始衰败。

putrefy v. [正式] 腐烂，腐败

例1: The dead fish laid putrefying under that tree.

那条死鱼在树下慢慢腐烂。

例2: The body had putrefied beyond recognition.

尸体已经腐烂得辨认不出来了。

rot v. （使）腐烂，（使）腐败

例1: The continued rain will rot the wood.

连绵的雨会使木头烂掉。

例2: The government simply left the unemployed to rot on the dole.

政府只是让那些失业者靠领取救济金颓废度日。

词组短语

1. tooth decay 蛀牙；龋齿；齵齿

2. proton decay 质子衰变 ; 质子蜕变

3. decay resistance 耐腐性，耐腐蚀性能

4. decay curve 衰变曲线；衰减曲线；退化曲线；余辉曲线

5. beta decay 衰变 ; 贝塔衰变 ; 贝他衰变

6. decay time [物]衰减时间

7. in decay 已腐朽，已腐烂

8. fall into decay 损坏，腐烂；衰败

9. alpha decay 衰变 ; 阿法衰减 ; 阿伐衰变

10. decay energy 衰变能 ; 衰变能量

11. Urban Decay 衰败城市 ; 城市衰败 ; 柯梦波丹 ; 推荐好用的眼部打底霜

12. decay chain 核 衰变链 ; 链衰变 ; 放射性系

13. exponential decay 指数式衰减

14. Decay time 中和时间 ; 核 衰减时间 ; 核 衰变时间 ; 衰落时间

15. decay rate 衰减率；衰变率；衰变速度

16. radioactive decay [物]放射性衰变

17. decay product 核 衰变产物 ; 分解产物 ; 子核

权威例句

1. He pointed out that sugar is a major agent in dental decay.

他指出糖是蛀牙的主要原因。

2. The country has decayed over the last twenty years.

这个国家已经衰落超过二十年了.《期刊摘选》

3. The fruit is injected with chemicals to reduce decay.

水果注入了化学药品以防腐坏。《牛津词典》

4. When the plants died and decayed, they formed layers of organic materials.

当这些植物死亡腐烂时, 它们就形成一层层有机物.《期刊摘选》

5. decaying leaves/teeth/food

烂叶；蛀齿；腐烂食物《牛津词典》

6. 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》

7. The corpse was in an advanced state of decay.

尸体腐烂得很严重.《期刊摘选》

8. All around were change, decay, and new life.

周围各处都是在变化 、 衰落, 然后又出现新生机.《期刊摘选》

9. Bacteria complete the job by causing decay.

细菌通过引起腐烂而完成这个变化.《辞典例句》

10. Sugarless yoghurt could help beat bad breath, tooth decay and gum disease, say scientists.

科学家们发现，无糖酸奶有助于缓解口腔异味、蛀牙和牙龈疾病。

11. Element 43 has a very fast rate of decay.

43号元素的衰变速度非常快。

12. Decaying forces give way to new rising forces.

腐朽的势力让位于新生的势力。

13. Salt preserves food from decay.

盐能防止食物腐烂.《现代英汉综合大词典》

14. Physical deterioration, e . g . wear and tear, erosion , rusting, rot and decay.

自然损耗, 例:磨损 、 生锈 、 腐朽和自然侵蚀.《期刊摘选》

15. the decay of the old industries

旧工业的衰败《牛津词典》

16. 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.《期刊摘选》

17. The variation of mechanical properties of OSB was analyzed under fungi decay and moist condition.

探讨和分析了室外用定向刨花板(OSB)在真菌腐朽及潮湿条件下力学性能的变化规律.《期刊摘选》

18. This might explain why 11% of rabbits are suffering from tooth decay.

这也许可以解释为什么11%的兔子患有蛀牙。

19. The place smelled of decay and neglect.

这地方有一股污浊腐朽的气味。《牛津词典》

20. She smelt the unpleasant smell of decaying meat.

她闻到肉腐烂时发出的臭味.《期刊摘选》

21. Your physical body has also been permitted to decay.

你的肉体也被允许去衰败腐烂.《期刊摘选》

22. Who lets so fair a house to decay.

谁肯让一座这样的华厦倾颓.《期刊摘选》

23. The old house fell into decay.

那幢旧房子腐朽了.《简明英汉词典》

24. decaying inner city areas

衰败中的旧城区《牛津词典》

25. History sometimes seems to teach us that all nations decay in the course of time.

历史有时似乎在教导我们,所有的国家最后都会衰败.《期刊摘选》

26. Green: life, naturalness, restfulness, health, wealth, prosperity; in certain contexts, can imply decay, toxicity.

绿色: 生命 、 自然 、 宁静 、 健康 、 财富 、 繁荣; 在特定的内容中也暗示着腐朽和毒性.《期刊摘选》

27. And if, with the decay of vitality, weariness increases.

再者, 随着精力的衰退, 老年人的疲惫感会增长.《期刊摘选》

28. 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》

29. The Effect of Pressure on Latent Image Decay of X-Ray Films

压力对X线胶片潜影衰退的影响

30. To a life consumed by slow decay.

被缓慢的腐烂吞噬着生命.《期刊摘选》

31. Buildings are left to decay at the mercy of vandals and the weather

建筑物因人为的肆意破坏及日晒雨淋而日益破败。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

32. Two of my teeth decayed from lack of care.

由于不注意保护牙齿，我长了两颗蛀牙。《外研社英语同义词辨析词典》

33. Why do some fruits lie between period of time to you can decay?

为什么有的水果隔一段时间就会腐烂?《期刊摘选》

34. The air is full of the stink of decayed fish.

空气中充满了烂鱼的臭味。《外研社英语同义词辨析词典》

35. Whilst the detoxification requires energy, slow decay may still occur.

由于解毒作用需要能量, 所以缓慢的腐朽仍然会发生.《辞典例句》

36. The bodies buried in the fine ash slowly decayed...

埋在灰烬里的尸体慢慢地腐烂了。《柯林斯高阶英语词典》

37. Our powers decay in old age.

我们的体力在老年时就衰退.《简明英汉词典》

38. The essential condition for the decay of the vacuum is the presence of an intense electric field.

真空衰变的基本条件是存在强电场。

39. The antimuon decay also conserves the total light and heavy lepton numbers.

在反μ子衰变中，总轻轻子数和总重轻子数也是守恒的。

40. Can warp, rot and decay from exposure to moisture, water and chemicals.

可以翘曲, 腐病和腐烂,从暴露于潮湿环境, 水和化学品.《期刊摘选》

41. 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》

42. tooth decay

蛀牙《牛津词典》

43. The metaphors of darkness are overwhelmingly negative: danger, decay, and death.

黑暗的隐喻有着巨大的负面意义: 危险 、 腐朽和死亡.《期刊摘选》

44. The tree began to decay as soon as it was cut down.

树一被砍倒,它就开始腐朽.《期刊摘选》

45. When not removed, plaque causes tooth decay and gum disease.

牙斑没有清除就会导致蛀牙和牙龈疾病。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

46. Popular cinema seems to have decayed...

大众电影似乎已经衰落了。《柯林斯高阶英语词典》

47. The Turkish Empire decayed in the nineteenth century.

土耳其帝国在十九世纪时衰落.《辞典例句》

48. Jacobsen based his conclusion on an analysis of the decay of samarium-147 into neodymium-143.

雅各布森得出的结论是基于对钐-147衰变成钕-143所作的分析。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

49. In a month the ancient and decayed system of the aristocratic order had collapsed.

一个月以后,古老、腐朽的贵族统治制度彻底瓦解了.《英汉非文学 - 历史》

50. The novel spun a miasma of death and decay.

小说笼罩着死亡和腐朽的气氛.《期刊摘选》

51. 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》

52. Both it and its companions would then decay almost instantly into a plethora of less fleeting bits, some of which could be detected.

然后，它与它的伙伴们将会几乎在瞬间衰变为大批寿命更短的微粒子，其中有一些能被检测出来。

53. A third sources, the warming-enhanced decay of organic matter in forests and soils, especially in the middle and higher latitudes, is now being recognized as potentially significant.

第三个来源，特别是在中纬度和高纬度地区，森林和土壤中因气候变暖而加剧的有机物腐烂，现在被认为具有潜在的重大意义。

54. Humanity lives in a world based upon decay, illness, aging and death, and reincarnation.

人类就生活在这样一个基于衰退 、 生病 、 老化和死亡, 以及转世再生的世界里.《期刊摘选》

55. White rot fungi is one kind of main wood decay fungi.

白腐菌是木材的主要腐朽菌之一.《期刊摘选》

56. Do memories decay on their own, or are they harmed by interference from similar memories?

记忆是自行衰退还是因被类似的记忆干扰而受损?《期刊摘选》

57. And this decay impoverishes our spiritual lives.

这种衰退让我们的灵性生活变得贫瘠.《期刊摘选》

58. The process of mixing decaying leaves, manure and other nutritive matter to improve and fertilize soil.

混合腐朽的叶子 、 肥料和其它营养物质的过程,以改善和增加土壤肥力.《期刊摘选》

59. 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》

60. 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。

61. The simulation result shows that the resistance ability to decay of FMT system is improved efficiently.

仿真结果表明,该算法提高了FMT系统 的抗衰落性能.《期刊摘选》

62. Not only can vermin arise from decaying matter but that lice can originate from sweat.

不仅从腐烂的物质中能产生寄生虫,而且从汗液中能产生虱子.《辞典例句》

63. Perhaps all nations decay in the course of time.

也许所有的国家都会随着时间的推移而衰落.《期刊摘选》

64. Geological dates are usually obtained by using the rates of decay of various radioactive elements found in minerals.

地质年代通常是通过矿物中发现的各种放射性元素的衰变率来获得的。

65. He found that the length of time it takes a sound's echo to decay is determined by the absorption of the sound's original energy by surrounding material.

他发现，声音回声衰减的时间长短取决于周围物质对声音原始能量的吸收。

66. The result is tooth decay and gum disease.

后果就是产生蛀牙和牙龈疾病。

67. The ground was scattered with decaying leaves.

地上满是腐败的落叶。《柯林斯高阶英语词典》

68. The decay of Christian belief and practice is not a loss but rather an opportunity for poetry in Crane.

在克莱恩看来，基督教信仰和践行的衰败，并不是损失，反而是诗歌新生的机会。

69. The Roman Empire began to decay.

罗马帝国开始衰败。《外研社英语同义词辨析词典》

70. However, as it begins to decay, a tree's carbon is released back into the atmosphere.

然而树开始腐烂时, 其碳被释放到空气中.《期刊摘选》

71. 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》

72. 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》

73. And if , with the decay of vitality , weariness increases, the thought of rest unwelcome.

如果由于生命力的衰退, 倦意日增,安息的想法也许不无可喜之处.《期刊摘选》

74. Death: The Arcanum that governs darkness, decay, ectoplasm, enervation, ghosts and soul stealing.

死亡: 主宰黑暗 、 腐朽 、 灵外质, 衰弱, 鬼魂和窃取灵魂的奥秘.《期刊摘选》

75. Sugar can cause tooth decay by being used as a food source for the bacteria found on our teeth, which causes plaque.

糖通过被那些存在我们牙齿的引起斑块的细菌作为一种食物来源，可以导致牙齿腐烂。

76. Decaying cities filled with huge, looming edifices cast shadows on the destitute and the damned.

满是巨大的海市蜃楼般大厦的腐朽城市, 投下困乏黯淡、令人厌恶的阴影.《期刊摘选》

77. Chemicals are injected into the fruit to reduce decay.

水果注入了化学药品以防腐坏。《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

78. Some utensils were in a state of decay when they were unearthed.

有些器皿在出土时已经残破。《汉英大词典》

79. What keeps the black-tailed deer alive in the harsher seasons of plant decay and dormancy?

是什么让黑尾鹿在植物腐烂和休眠的严酷季节里存活下来？

80. These minerals can be dated by radioactive decay techniques because of the very small quantities of radioactive trace elements they, in turn, contain.

这些矿物可以用放射性衰变技术测定年代，因为它们所含的放射性微量元素非常少。

81. San Antonio, Texas, offers an object lesson for numerous other cities combating urban decay.

德克萨斯州的圣.安东尼奥为许多其它的城市抗击城市衰退提供了一堂实物教学课.《期刊摘选》

82. That kind of decay happens to modules as well as apartment buildings.

这种衰败就像在公寓楼中一样也发生在模块中.《期刊摘选》

83. After a while, the decay reaches the nerves and blood vessels of the inner tooth.

过了一段时间，蛀坏的部分会蔓延至内牙的神经和血管。

84. It might lead to a decay of Chinese traditional literature.

这有可能会引起中国文学的衰退。

85. Slugs feed on decaying plant and animal material.

蛞蝓以腐烂的动植物为食。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

86. He pointed out that sugar is a major agent in dental decay, particularly the sugar in sweets, cakes, and soft drinks.

他指出糖是导致蛀牙的主要原因，尤其是糖果、蛋糕和软饮中的糖。

87. There are problems of urban decay and gang violence.

存在都市衰败和黑帮暴力问题。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

88. There was outwardly a certain cynicism about him, a sure symptom of an inherent moral decay.

乍一看,他的确有些玩世不恭, 肯定受到旧的腐朽道德的侵蚀.《辞典例句》

89. Follow developing and decaying storms from the first strike to the last.

从第一击到最后一击跟踪发展和衰退的风暴.《期刊摘选》

90. This decaying fish smells.

腐烂的鱼发臭.《期刊摘选》

91. My research proposal was The Rate of Memory Trace Decay and its Effect on Eyewitness Accuracy.

我的试验提议被确定为“记忆的衰退率和它对目击证人准确性的影响”.《期刊摘选》

92. Popular cinema seems to have decayed.

大众电影似乎已经衰落了。《辞典例句》

93. The dampness of the climate caused the fruits to decay.

气候潮湿，水果都霉烂了。《外研社英语同义词辨析词典》

94. Throughout the whole course of history almost all the empires have flourished only to decay.

在整个历史进程中,几乎所有的帝国都曾盛极一时,结果都还是衰落了.《期刊摘选》

95. The bodies buried in the fine ash slowly decayed

埋在灰烬里的尸体慢慢地腐烂了。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

96. Ethanol application had resisted the activity PPO, reduced the incidence of fruit decay and brown.

在贮藏期间,乙醇处理抑制了桃果实PPO活性, 减少果实褐变和腐烂病的发生.《期刊摘选》

97. His mental decay is distressing.

他的智力衰退令人苦恼.《辞典例句》

98. Person's body will eventually decay, natural substances are also ongoing change.

人的肉身终究会腐朽, 自然也在不断进行着物质的更迭.《期刊摘选》

99. Spain's power decayed after her Armada was destroyed.

西班牙的无敌舰队被毁灭后,它的势力就衰退了.《期刊摘选》

100. The phosphate was deposited by the decay of marine microorganisms.

海洋微生物腐烂后沉积形成磷酸盐。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

101. If left untreated, decay goes deeper and deeper into the tooth.

如果不及时治疗，蛀牙会越来越深。

102. 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》

103. Our power decayed in old age.

我们的体力在老年时衰退.《辞典例句》

104. It has its own rhythm and beat. It has cycles of growth and decay.

他有着自己的旋律和节奏, 在增长与衰落中循环.《期刊摘选》

105. As people grow old, they will decay mentally as well as physically.

人们年老时脑力和体力都会衰退.《期刊摘选》

106. Attack by scavengers and bacteria, chemical decay, and destruction by erosion and other geologic agencies make the odds against preservation very high.

食腐动物和细菌的攻击、化学性腐烂，以及侵蚀和其他地质作用的破坏，导致无法保存的可能性非常大。

107. economic/moral/urban decay

经济衰退；道德败坏；城市衰落《牛津词典》

108. The old civilization may fall into decay.

古代的文化可能衰落.《期刊摘选》

109. Humus is dead, decaying organic matter. NOT inorganic fertilizer.

腐殖质是已死的 、 腐烂中的有机物质. 而不是无机肥料.《期刊摘选》

110. In addition to tooth decay, there are also gum diseases to watch out for.

除了蛀牙之外，还需要注意牙龈疾病。

111. 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。《柯林斯例句》

112. The stench of decay choked anyone who came within a mile of its shores.

腐烂的恶臭令任何走近湖畔一英里的人都感到窒息.《期刊摘选》

113. Without imagination and love of adventure a society soon becomes stagnant and begins to decay.

一个社会如果没有想象力,不爱冒险,不久就会变成一个停滞不进的社会,并且开始腐朽.《辞典例句》

114. It'seems that all countries decay time.

看来所有国家都会逐渐衰败的.《期刊摘选》

115. Faustick conducted a two-year survey to find out how to prevent or reduce dental decay.

福斯蒂克进行了一项为期两年的调查，以了解如何预防或减少蛀牙。

116. With the decay of vitality , weariness increases, the thought of rest will be not welcome.

随着精力的衰退, 倦意之增长, 退休的意图不见得不受欢迎.《期刊摘选》

117. All corpses will decay over time.

所有尸体随着时间都将腐烂.《期刊摘选》

118. Dull dingy yellow represents caution, decay, sickness, and jealousy.

暗黄色代表警告 、 衰落 、 疾病和嫉妒.《期刊摘选》

119. New Shoreham, now sadly decayed, has barely 100 inhabitants.

如今已经衰落的新肖勒姆仅有100名居民,很令人伤感.《简明英汉词典》

120. The fruit decayed in the damp weather.

在潮湿的天气下,水果腐烂了.《期刊摘选》

121. decaying standards of morality

日趋低下的道德标准《牛津词典》

122. What caused the Roman Empire to decay?

是什么促使罗马帝国衰落的?《用法词典》

123. They feed mostly on decaying vegetable matter.

它们大多以腐烂的蔬菜为食。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

124. What made the Roman Empire decay?

罗马帝国为何衰亡?《现代英汉综合大词典》

125. Popular cinema seems to have decayed

大众电影似乎已经衰落了。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

126. Two decayed corpses were found in the park.

公园里发现了两具腐烂的尸体.《期刊摘选》

127. This bacterial decay of cellulose also occurs in the gut of most herbivorous animals.

在很多食草动物的肠内这种纤维素也能被细菌分解。

128. Fruit tends to decay.

水果易于腐烂.《现代英汉综合大词典》

129. 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》

130. Meat decays easily.

肉类很容易腐烂。《外研社英语同义词辨析词典》

131. Old civilization may fall into decay.

古老的文化可能会渐渐衰落下去.《期刊摘选》

132. A nucleus that large cannot be stable, but it might be possible to assemble one next to a vacuum for long enough to observe the decay of the vacuum.

这么大的原子核不可能是稳定的，但在足够长的时间内，在真空附近组装一个原子核以观察真空的衰变是可能的。

133. These buildings were left to decay.

这些建筑被听任破败下去。《外研社英语同义词辨析词典》

134. Sugar can decay the tooth.

糖会腐蚀牙齿.《现代英汉综合大词典》

135. They believe that the humic materials are leached from decaying plant materials.

他们认为腐植物料是从腐烂的植物体浸沥而来.《辞典例句》

136. From this point onward the glory of the Omayyad line decays.

从此以后,倭马亚家系的繁荣就衰落了.《辞典例句》

137. Fresh fruit tend to decay.

鲜水果容易腐烂.《辞典例句》

138. Many companies have to pass the one to get out of decay · to avoid redundancy.

很多公司都想通过出卖自己来摆脱衰退的噩运.《期刊摘选》

139. Sugarless yogurt could help beat bad breath, tooth decay and gum disease.

无糖酸奶有助于缓解口腔异味、蛀牙和牙龈疾病。

140. Helium is the by product of millennia of radioactive decay from the elements thorium and uranium.

氦是钍和铀元素数千年放射性衰变的副产品。

141. Millipedes are herbivores and scavengers, feeding primarily on decaying plant material and animal matter.

千足虫为草食和食腐动物, 主要以腐烂的动植物为食.《期刊摘选》

142. But i am no better than a ruined tree . I'm the lighting struck, and decayed.

但是我不比一棵被摧残的树好多少,遭受雷击并且已经腐烂.《期刊摘选》

实用例句

1. Many hospitals are in a state of decay.

许多医院如今都处于衰败状态。

2. It also attacked Streptococcus mutans, an acid-producing bacterium which is a major cause of tooth decay.

BBC: Coconut oil could combat tooth decay

3. Too much of the deadweight and decay in our current corporatist system is found at the top.

FORBES: The Economics of Unions

4. Decay sets in.

肉身开始腐烂死亡课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课

5. Sun City in particular became a poster child for the hypocrisy and moral decay of apartheid.

BBC: South Africas kitsch casino

6. But imagine that what's gone on is there's been decay of the brain structures that underwrite the cognitive functioning.

但这样设想一下,大脑的结构正在败坏,破坏了认知能力。死亡课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课

7. Solving Russia's huge problems of poverty, decay and disease needs years, if not miracles.

ECONOMIST: Russia's presidential message

8. Is this really tolerance ? or is it rather a form of moral decay that has simply decided to abandon the search for truth ? and standards of judgment?

这真的是容忍吗,还只是另一种形式的道德沦丧,只不过是决定,放弃找寻真理,和判断的标准？政治哲学导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课

9. Once the sample set had been gathered, the 521 number was reached by comparing states of decay.

ENGADGET: Alt-week 10.13.12: is the Universe a simulation, cloning dinosaurs and singing mice

10. You might say, "Look, the physicalist can't tell us that, because all the physical parts are still there when you've got the corpse, at least if it's a fresh corpse before the decay has set in.

你可能会说,你看,物理主义不会告诉我们那些的,因为尸体所有的,身体器官部分都还存在,至少对于还未腐烂的尸体而言是这样的死亡课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课

11. These negotiations will determine the rate of integer-value decay and will revalue numbers accordingly.

ECONOMIST: Poisson: More is more | The

12. Eventually,the body will decay, turn into atoms or whatever it is,decompose.

最终，肉体会消亡，分解成为原子。死亡课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课

13. By mid-December Hong Kong realised that piracy risked becoming an embarrassing sign of post-handover decay.

ECONOMIST: Software piracy

14. In the 1960s, urban decay set in from failed public housing projects and demographic shifts.

WSJ: Battle of the Beach

15. The decay of Christian belief and practice is not a loss but rather an opportunity for poetry, in Crane.

基督教信仰和践行的衰败,在克莱恩看来，并不是损失，反而是诗歌新生的机会。现代诗歌课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课

16. Once the reactor has shut down, there remains "decay heat" from traces of other radioactive isotopes.

WSJ: William Tucker: Japan Does Not Face Another Chernobyl

17. Biologically, the middle-aged human body does not look like something being left to slowly decay.

BBC: Viewpoint: Just what is middle age?

18. Despite its graceful, moss-swathed decay, the gate is undeniably imposing, its four giant bodhisattva faces staring beatifically out.

BBC: The perfect trip: Cambodia

19. The smell of decay revolted her.

腐败的气味让她非常恶心。

20. Today, they stand in varying states of decay, ravished by time, vandals and wild weather.

BBC: New Orleans outside of the French Quarter

21. And the type of nuclear decay each isotope undergoes before it reaches a state.

FORBES: Uranium Stocks Looking Ugly Post-Fukushima As Short-Interest Rises

22. With gouges and large holes, the trees are more susceptible to decay and disease.

NPR: Sticky-Fingered Thieves Target Sap In Maine

23. Meanwhile, the newly real particles decay, giving off (among other things) light, X-rays and gamma rays.

ECONOMIST: Black holes on a desktop: Dumb insolence | The

24. Built of earth, stone and palm, the Berber villages decay gracefully, returning themselves to the earth.

BBC: In search of a lost Moroccan oasis

25. The moment we start adopting those same attitudes in the United States, we will begin to decay.

FORBES: Joining The Genomics Revolution Early

26. According to The Independent a brisk walk can help prevent mental decay in the over-sixties.

BBC: News | UK | 'Night of the short knives' disappoints press

27. It had fallen into decay.

它后来陷落衰败。旧约导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课

28. This acid attacks the enamel on the teeth and leaves them vulnerable to decay.

BBC: Dental threat of snacking

29. There are problems of urban decay and gang violence.

存在城市没落和帮派暴力的问题。

30. Alpha particles are these helium nuclei, and they are the result of radioactive decay.

阿尔法粒子是氦核，它们是放射性衰变的产物。固态化学导论课程节选 : 麻省理工公开课

31. reclamation of an area of industrial decay

工业废地的改造

32. The soul might eventually decay, just like the engine will eventually decay.

灵魂也许最终会腐烂，就像发动机最终会腐烂一样。死亡课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课

33. The Georgian townhouse was later used as a private hospital before being abandoned and allowed to decay.

BBC: Dumfries Peter Pan house project secures land boost

34. Those who said they went for regular check ups were also found to have significantly less decay.

BBC: Dentist

35. The first major trade off is going to be reflected in Theta, or option decay.

FORBES: Options Straddles Can Score You Touchdowns Or Get You Sacked

36. Another is for a wiser attitude to the process of decay and the fact of death.

ECONOMIST: Dust and decay

37. That process of decay would result in the particles losing substantial amounts of energy.

FORBES: More Evidence Against Faster Than Light Neutrinos

38. the decay of NATO as a war-fighting machine

北大西洋公约组织作为战争机器的日渐式微

39. The pions, in turn, will decay rapidly into very high-energy light, or gamma rays.

BBC: Cosmic rays: Fermi telescope settles mystery of origin

40. All these partner particles are unstable except for the lightest one, which can't decay into anything else.

CNN: How particle smasher and telescopes relate

41. The decay of the Bounty's timbers, he said, wasn't as bad as Kosakowski's assessment.

CNN: Bounty crew calm, joking after Hurricane Sandy nightmare

42. The flume of mute fire another reminder, if we needed it, to recalibrate orbital decay daily.

NEWYORKER: Lostronaut

43. And isn't that clear already from their colors, the material that they're made of Gold and silver, these colors marked them as fashioned, precious objects, inorganic, and in all these ways beyond time and nature, growth or decay.

从它们的颜色上很容易知道，制作它们的材料,金银说明它们是,特制的珍贵的物件，非自然生长的，这些都是超越时间自然,不会生长或衰亡。现代诗歌课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课

44. No one would be rash enough to claim that these measures will cure urban decay.

ECONOMIST: The pre-budget report

45. But they're fairly short-term, producing stark spikes that decay away after a few years.

BBC: More sulphur trails from the stratosphere