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NOUN. 名词1.?[U 不可数名词] 腐朽If there is rot in something, especially something that is made of wood, parts of it have decayed and fallen apart. 双语例句例: Investigations had revealed extensive rot in the beams under the ground floor. 调查显示了一楼下面的横梁已经有大面积的腐烂。 2.?[SING 单数型名词] 逐步恶化You can use the rot to refer to the way something gradually gets worse. For example, if you are talking about the time when the rot set in, you are talking about the time when a situation began to get steadily worse and worse. 双语例句例: In many schools, the rot is beginning to set in. Standards are falling all the time. 在许多学校,情况正在逐步恶化,水准在不断降低。
VERB. 动词1.?[I 不及物动词] 使腐烂 , 腐烂When food, wood, or another substance rots, or when something rots it, it becomes softer and is gradually destroyed. 双语例句例: If we don't unload it soon, the grain will start rotting in the silos. 如果我们不马上卸货,这些粮食在仓中将开始腐烂。 2.?[I 不及物动词] 身心退化If you say that someone is being left to rot in a particular place, especially in a prison, you mean that they are being left there and their physical and mental condition is being allowed to get worse and worse. 双语例句例: Most governments simply leave the long-term jobless to rot. 大多数政府只能任由长期失业者自生自灭。
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