economic/moral/urban decay
經(jīng)濟衰退；道德敗壞；城市衰落
牛津詞典
the decay of the old industries
舊工業(yè)的衰敗
牛津詞典
decaying leaves/teeth/food
爛葉；蛀齒；腐爛食物
牛津詞典
decaying inner city areas
衰敗中的舊城區(qū)
牛津詞典
decaying standards of morality
日趨低下的道德標準
牛津詞典
tooth decay
蛀牙
牛津詞典
The landlord had let the building fall into decay .
房東不管，房子已經(jīng)破爛不堪。
牛津詞典
The smell of death and decay hung over the town.
城市上空彌漫著死亡和腐爛的氣息。
牛津詞典
The bodies buried in the fine ash slowly decayed...
埋在灰燼里的尸體慢慢地腐爛了。
The ground was scattered with decaying leaves.
地上滿是腐敗的落葉。
Popular cinema seems to have decayed...
大眾電影似乎已經(jīng)衰落了。
Congress has tried dozens of approaches to revitalize decaying urban and rural areas.
國會已試行過數(shù)十種方法來重振正在走向衰敗的城鄉(xiāng)地區(qū)。
Who lets so fair a house to decay.
誰肯讓一座這樣的華廈傾頹.
期刊摘選
What made the Roman Empire decay?
羅馬帝國為何衰亡?
《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
The decay of the meat could have been prevented by proper refrigeration.
如果經(jīng)過適當?shù)睦洳?這些肉本來不至于腐爛掉.
《簡明英漢詞典》
Each civilization is born, it culminates, and it decay.
各種文明都要歷經(jīng)誕生, 鼎盛和衰落.
《用法詞典》
Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth, causing decay.
細菌附著在牙縫中的食物殘渣上, 導致蛀牙.
《簡明英漢詞典》
Salt preserves food from decay.
鹽能防止食物腐爛.
《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
The old civilization was fast falling into decay.
舊文化很快地衰落下去.
《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
The wood is treated with preservative to prevent decay.
這塊木頭用防腐劑處理過以防止腐爛.
《簡明英漢詞典》
Sugar can decay the tooth.
糖會腐蝕牙齒.
《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
Cavities in teeth are caused by decay.
牙齒上的空洞是由齲蝕造成的.
《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
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年考研翻譯原文In zones of increased turbulence, the planes' wakes will decay more quickly and the effect will diminish.
2010年考研真題（英語二）閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ"the corpse was in an advanced state of decay"
"the house had fallen into a serious state of decay and disrepair"
"the particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission process"
"The unoccupied house started to decay"
"The body started to decay and needed to be cremated"
