| 释义 |
| | | | NOUN | | | | | /rɒt/ | | | | | 1 | decayed material , or the process of decaying 腐烂物；腐坏物；腐烂；腐坏 | the smell of damp and rot 潮湿腐烂的气味 | | | | | 2 | the process by which a situation gradually gets much worse 恶化；腐败；堕落 | stop the rot This government has got to stop the rot in the health service. 政府必须制止医疗服务部门的腐败现象。 | | the rot sets in (=starts) Once officers start accepting bribes, that’ s when the rot sets in. 腐败开始 | | | | | 3 | informal old-fashioned nonsense 蠢话；废话 | | |