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单词 atrophy
释义
atrophy
ætrəfi ˈætrəfi
Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense atrophies, present participle atrophying, past tense , past participle atrophied
1 VERB (肌肉或身体其他部分)萎缩 If a muscle or other part of the body atrophies, it decreases in size or strength, often as a result of an illness. (肌肉或身体其他部分)萎缩 [formal]
  • Scott's muscle atrophied, his leg became stunted, and he was left lame. [VERB]

    斯科特的肌肉萎缩,一条腿发育不完全,成了个瘸子。

  • Patients exercised their atrophied limbs in the swimming pool. [VERB-ed]

    病人们在泳池里锻炼萎缩的四肢。

SYN waste away, waste, shrink, diminish
Atrophy is also a noun.
  • ...exercises to avoid jelling and atrophy of cartilage.

    防止软骨硬化和萎缩而进行的锻炼

2 VERB (事物的尺寸、程度、影响力等由于不使用或未受到保护而)变小,退化 If something atrophies, its size, degree, or effectiveness decreases because it is not used or protected. (事物的尺寸、程度、影响力等由于不使用或未受到保护而)变小,退化 [formal]
  • If you allow your mind to stagnate, this particular talent will atrophy. [VERB]

    如果你老不用脑,那么这一特殊才能就会退化。

  • Many hoped he would renew the country's atrophied political system. [VERB-ed]

    很多人都期望他能使该国萎靡的政治体系振作起来。

SYN decline, waste, fade, shrink
Atrophy is also a noun.
  • ...levels of consciousness which are nowadays usurped by television and in danger of atrophy.

    如今被电视所侵占而可能会逐渐丧失的思想意识

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