Decay

1The place smelled of decay and neglect.這地方有一股污濁腐朽的氣味。《牛津詞典》

2The smell of death and decay hung over the town.城市上空瀰漫着死亡和腐爛的氣息。《牛津詞典》

3There are problems of urban decay and gang violence.存在都市衰敗和黑幫暴力問題。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》

4What keeps the black-tailed deer alive in the harsher seasons of plant decay and dormancy?是什麼讓黑尾鹿在植物腐爛和休眠的嚴酷季節裏存活下來？

5The decay of Christian belief and practice is not a loss but rather an opportunity for poetry in Crane.在克萊恩看來，基督教信仰和踐行的衰敗，並不是損失，反而是詩歌新生的機會。

6Sugar can cause tooth decay by being used as a food source for the bacteria found on our teeth, which causes plaque.糖通過被那些存在我們牙齒的引起斑塊的細菌作為一種食物來源，可以導致牙齒腐爛。

7Attack by scavengers and bacteria, chemical decay, and destruction by erosion and other geologic agencies make the odds against preservation very high.食腐動物和細菌的攻擊、化學性腐爛，以及侵蝕和其他地質作用的破壞，導致無法保存的可能性非常大。

8He found that the length of time it takes a sound's echo to decay is determined by the absorption of the sound's original energy by surrounding material.他發現，聲音回聲衰減的時間長短取決於周圍物質對聲音原始能量的吸收。

9A third sources, the warming-enhanced decay of organic matter in forests and soils, especially in the middle and higher latitudes, is now being recognized as potentially significant.第三個來源，特別是在中緯度和高緯度地區，森林和土壤中因氣候變暖而加劇的有機物腐爛，現在被認為具有潛在的重大意義。

10The landlord had let the building fall into decay.房東不管，房子已經破爛不堪。《牛津詞典》

11The fruit is injected with chemicals to reduce decay.水果注入了化學藥品以防腐壞。《牛津詞典》

12Chemicals are injected into the fruit to reduce decay.水果注入了化學藥品以防腐壞。《牛津詞典》

13When not removed, plaque causes tooth decay and gum disease.牙斑沒有清除就會導致蛀牙和牙齦疾病。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》

14Buildings are left to decay at the mercy of vandals and the weather.這些建築物因人為的肆意破壞和日曬雨淋而破敗不堪。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》

15Up there were the same signs of decay.上面也是同樣破落的景象。

16Element 43 has a very fast rate of decay.43號元素的衰變速度非常快。

17The result is tooth decay and gum disease.後果就是產生蛀牙和牙齦疾病。

18It tottered on the borders of senile decay.它在衰老的邊緣搖搖欲墜。

19I had no toenails—they had dropped off from decay.我沒有腳趾甲——它們由於腐爛而脱落了。

20He pointed out that sugar is a major agent in dental decay.他指出糖是蛀牙的主要原因。

21If left untreated, decay goes deeper and deeper into the tooth.如果不及時治療，蛀牙會越來越深。

22This might explain why 11% of rabbits are suffering from tooth decay.這也許可以解釋為什麼11%的兔子患有蛀牙。

23Sugarless yogurt could help beat bad breath, tooth decay and gum disease.無糖酸奶有助於緩解口腔異味、蛀牙和牙齦疾病。

24In addition to tooth decay, there are also gum diseases to watch out for.除了蛀牙之外，還需要注意牙齦疾病。

25After a while, the decay reaches the nerves and blood vessels of the inner tooth.過了一段時間，蛀壞的部分會蔓延至內牙的神經和血管。

26Faustick conducted a two-year survey to find out how to prevent or reduce dental decay.福斯蒂克進行了一項為期兩年的調查，以瞭解如何預防或減少蛀牙。

27As soon as the oxygen is gone, decay stops and the remaining organic matter is preserved.當氧氣消耗殆盡分解便停止，留下剩餘的有機物。

28Sugarless yoghurt could help beat bad breath, tooth decay and gum disease, say scientists.科學家們發現，無糖酸奶有助於緩解口腔異味、蛀牙和牙齦疾病。

29The essential condition for the decay of the vacuum is the presence of an intense electric field.真空衰變的基本條件是存在強電場。

30Helium is the by product of millennia of radioactive decay from the elements thorium and uranium.氦是釷和鈾元素數千年放射性衰變的副產品。