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[/ˈætrəfɪ; ˋætrəfɪ/] n [U] wasting away of the body or part of it through lack of nourishment or use （身体或身体某部因缺乏营养或不常使用而）萎缩:
(fig 比喻) The cultural life of the country will sink into atrophy unless more writers and artists emerge. 除非能多涌现出一些作家和艺术家, 否则这个国家的文化生活将枯萎衰退. atrophy 2
v (pt, pp -ied) [I, Tn] (cause sth to) suffer atrophy （使某事物）萎缩:
atrophied limbs, muscles 萎缩的肢体, 肌肉. |