decaying

英 [dɪˈkeɪɪŋ]

美 [dɪˈkeɪɪŋ]

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的现在分词

现在分词：decaying　

BNC.13944 / COCA.14659

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

• A fungus that produces a superficial growth on various kinds of damp or decaying organic matter.
  在各种潮湿的或腐烂的有机物质表面生长的菌类。
• I have a decaying tooth.
  我有一颗蛀牙。
• The smell of decaying meat overpowered Crompton. The rotten meat stunk up the whole house.
  腐肉的臭味使克朗普顿受不了。腐烂了的肉使整个房间充满了臭味。
• 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。
• My husband, who was apparently decaying, as I observed, was at last prevailed with.
  我丈夫，很明显他已经衰颓下去了，最后终于被我说服了。
• Mosquito-like insect whose larvae feed on fungi or decaying vegetation.
  象蚊子一样的昆虫，其幼虫吃真菌或腐烂的植物。
• A new algorithm to eliminate the decaying direct current ( DC) component from fault currents is presented.
  提出一种从故障电流信号中消除衰减直流分量的新算法。
• I have two decaying teeth.
  我长了两颗蛀牙。
• The decaying voltages can be measured for a time after the current is switched off.
  在电流断开后的一段时间里，可以测量到逐渐下降的电压。
• Can a substance from a fungus that grows on decaying trees provide a cure for aggressive prostate cancer?
  自腐烂树木上生长的真菌中提取的物质对进展期前列腺癌有治疗作用吗？