其它（使）腐烂，腐朽 不及物动词衰败，衰退，衰落 名词腐败、衰退的状态
及物动词
1. decay的意思
1. Sugar can decay the tooth.
糖会腐蚀牙齿。
不及物动词
1. Sugar can decay the teeth.
糖能蛀蚀牙。
2. Sweet potatoes decayed after the frost.
霜下了之后，地瓜烂掉了。
3. decay什么意思
3. The Turkish Empire decayed in the nineteenth century.
土耳其帝国在十九世纪时衰落。
名词
1. decay的近义词
1. They are figuring out a way to stop the decay of the ancient building.
他们在想办法阻止这古老建筑的朽坏。
1. (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 tooth decays, it is gradually destroyed by a natural process.
e.g. The bodies buried in the fine ash slowly decayed...
埋在灰烬里的尸体慢慢地腐烂了。
e.g. The ground was scattered with decaying leaves.
地上满是腐败的落叶。
2. (社会、制度、机构等）衰败，衰退，衰落
If something such as a society, system, or institution decays, it gradually becomes weaker or its condition gets worse.
e.g. Popular cinema seems to have decayed...
大众电影似乎已经衰落了。
e.g. 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。
1. (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 tooth decays, it is gradually destroyed by a natural process.
e.g. The bodies buried in the fine ash slowly decayed...
埋在灰烬里的尸体慢慢地腐烂了。
e.g. The ground was scattered with decaying leaves.
地上满是腐败的落叶。
2. (社会、制度、机构等）衰败，衰退，衰落
If something such as a society, system, or institution decays, it gradually becomes weaker or its condition gets worse.
e.g. Popular cinema seems to have decayed...
大众电影似乎已经衰落了。
e.g. 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。
