decay

1.腐烂；腐朽the process or result of being destroyed by natural causes or by not being cared for (= of decaying)

2.（社会、机构、制度等的）衰败，衰退，衰落the gradual destruction of a society, an institution, a system, etc.

1.[i][t]~ (sth)（使）腐烂，腐朽to be destroyed gradually by natural processes; to destroy sth in this way

2.[i]（建筑、地方等）破败，衰落，衰败if a building or an areadecays , its condition slowly becomes worse

3.[i]（力量、影响等）衰弱，衰退，衰减to become less powerful and lose influence over people, society, etc.

1.衰减,衰退

2.朽,腐烂

3.凋谢,枯

4.使朽坏;使衰退

1.【无线】衰变

2.朽,腐烂

3.衰微,衰退

1.to be gradually destroyed as a result of a natural process of change

2.if a building or an area decays, its state gradually gets worse because it has not been taken care of

3.to become gradually worse in quality, or weaker in power or influence

1.the gradual destruction of something as a result of a natural process of change; the part of something that has gradually been destroyed

2.the process by which a building or an area gradually gets into a worse state because it has not been taken care of

3.the process of becoming gradually worse in quality, or weaker in power or influence