decay

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  • vt.& vi.
    (使)腐烂,腐朽
  • vi.
    衰败,衰退,衰落
  • n.
    腐败、衰退的状态

单词词源

decay 腐烂

de-, 向下。-cay, 同-cad, 掉落,词源同case, accident. 引申义腐烂。

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双语例句

1. But a new us study in nature suggests the genetic decay has all but ended .
但是一项发表在自然杂志中的美国最新研究表明,遗传衰变几乎完全结束。
2. With radioactivity , if you give me a single atom of uranium , I can tell you it will eventually decay .
就放射性现象来说,你如果给我一个铀原子,我可以告诉你它最终会衰变。
3. The higgs should occasionally decay into a pair of photons , which would produce a bump in the photon-pair energy distribution .
偶尔,玻色子会衰变为一对光子,光子纠缠对能量分布不均可能产生效应。
4. A variety of chemical batteries have been tried , as well as inductive recharging schemes and even plutonium power cells that convert the heat from radioactive decay into electricity .
他们试过各种化学电池和感应充电方法,甚至用了可将放射性衰变产生的热能转化为电能的钚能量电池。
5. But planetary scientists reckon both may have subsurface oceans , kept liquid by a combination of radioactive decay and tidal heating from saturn and jupiter , their respective parent planets .
但是行星科学家推算它们表面可能都存在海洋,来自他们各自母星--木星和土星的潮汐加热以及放射性衰变使得它们保有液态水。

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