基本解釋v.(使)衰退;(使)腐敗;(使)腐爛n.衰退;腐爛;腐敗詞源解說 15世紀(jì)晚期進(jìn)入英語,直接源自古法語的decair,意爲(wèi)爛掉。同根派生 decays相關(guān)詞用法辨析v. (動(dòng)詞)decay的基本意思是通過化學(xué)變化而“(使)腐爛,(使)腐朽”。可用來比喻因躰力、精力、活力或影響力等的喪失而“衰敗,衰退,衰落”至一個(gè)較原來低或差的狀態(tài),此時(shí)衹用作不及物動(dòng)詞。 decays使用方法decays詳細(xì)辨析英漢例句用作名詞 (n.)The decay of the meat could have been prevented by proper refrigeration.如果經(jīng)過適儅的冷藏,這些肉本來不至於腐爛掉。用作動(dòng)詞 (v.)用作不及物動(dòng)詞: S+~(+A)The cabbages had already started to decay.卷心菜已經(jīng)開始爛了。用作及物動(dòng)詞: S+ ~+n./pron.Pollution has decayed the surface of the stonework on the front of the cathedral.汙染已腐蝕了教堂前部的石頭雕塑。其他She smelt the unpleasantly sweet smell of decaying meat.她聞到了肉類腐爛發(fā)出的變質(zhì)臭味。decays更多例句詞組短語用作名詞 (n.)形容詞+~bacterial decay 細(xì)菌性腐爛creeping political decay 政治上的逐漸腐敗dental decay 牙齒齲蝕mental decay 智力衰退moral decay 道德淪喪decays更多詞組