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🔑 decayBrE /dɪˈkeɪ/NAmE /dɪˈkeɪ/ noun [U] 🔑 the process or result of being destroyed by natural causes or by not being cared for (= of decaying) 腐烂；腐朽◆tooth decay 蛀牙◆The landlord had let the building fall into decay. 房东任由房子变得破烂不堪。◆The smell of death and decay hung over the town. 城镇上空弥漫着死亡和腐烂的气味。🔑 the gradual destruction of a society, an institution, a system, etc. （社会、机构、制度等的）衰败，衰退，衰落◆economic/moral/urban decay 经济衰退；道德败坏；城市衰落◆the decay of the old industries 旧工业的衰败 🔑 decayBrE /dɪˈkeɪ/NAmE /dɪˈkeɪ/ verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they decay BrE /dɪˈkeɪ/ NAmE /dɪˈkeɪ/present simple - he / she / it decays BrE /dɪˈkeɪz/ NAmE /dɪˈkeɪz/past simple decayed BrE /dɪˈkeɪd/ NAmE /dɪˈkeɪd/past participle decayed BrE /dɪˈkeɪd/ NAmE /dɪˈkeɪd/ -ing form decaying BrE /dɪˈkeɪɪŋ/ NAmE /dɪˈkeɪɪŋ/🔑 [I, T] ~ (sth) to be destroyed gradually by natural processes; to destroy sth in this way （使）腐烂，腐朽 SYN rot ◆decaying leaves/teeth/food 烂叶；蛀齿；腐烂食物🔑 [I] if a building or an area decays, its condition slowly becomes worse （建筑、地方等）破败，衰落，衰败◆decaying inner city areas 衰败中的内城区 [I] to become less powerful and lose influence over people, society, etc. （力量、影响等）衰弱，衰退，衰减◆decaying standards of morality 日趋低下的道德标准 |