(adj.) damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless; 'rotten floor boards'; 'rotted beams'; 'a decayed foundation' .
整理:保罗
双语例句
Whole ages have fled and their works decayed, And nations have scattered been; But the stout old Ivy shall never fade, From its hale and hearty green. 查尔斯·狄更斯.匹克威克外传.
I must say, I like to serve a decayed gentleman better than a blarnerying beggar. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特.小妇人.
What would not your grandmothers have given to be asked to Lady Hester's parties in that now decayed mansion? 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷.名利场.
When the services of a dentist are not at hand and the teeth are badly decayed and aching, the following mouth wash is recommended. 威廉K.戴维.智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
As the sole remaining representatives of their decayed family, the persons of both were almost sacred in her eyes. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.
The decayed officer, by degrees, came up alongside his fellow-wayfarer, and wished him good evening. 托马斯·哈代.还乡.
That large decayed oak, he said, marks the boundaries over which Front-de-Boeuf claims authority--we are long since far from those of Malvoisin. 沃尔特·司各特.艾凡赫.
The three voices passed on, and decayed and died out upon her ear. 托马斯·哈代.还乡.
O no, she said, intractably moving to the other side of the decayed fire. 托马斯·哈代.还乡.
He had a wonderful satisfaction in seeing him, and in commenting on his decayed condition after he was gone. 查尔斯·狄更斯.小杜丽.
The house was damp and decayed, indifferently furnished--evidently, recently occupied and temporarily used. 查尔斯·狄更斯.双城记.
What would you think of a man who looked at some decayed, blind, toothless, pock-marked Cleopatra, and said: What matchless beauty! 马克·吐温.傻子出国记.
Lord Wellington is, for you, only a decayed old gentleman now. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.
Your troops are most of them old decayed serving men and tapsters, said Cromwell. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
The wall must be crumbled, the stone decayed, To pleasure his dainty whim; And the mouldering dust that years have made, Is a merry meal for him. 查尔斯·狄更斯.匹克威克外传.
In the treacherous sunlight we see Venice decayed, forlorn, poverty-stricken, and commerceless--forgotten and utterly insignificant. 马克·吐温.傻子出国记.
The fumes of the phosphorus attack the teeth, especially when decayed, and penetrate to the jaw, causing its gradual destruction, but this has been avoided by proper precautions. 威廉·亨利·杜利特.世纪发明.
In a month the ancient and decayed system of the aristocratic order had collapsed. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
Her fire was decayed to its last cinder; Malone had departed; and now the study bell rang for prayers. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.
But the temporal power of the clergy, the absolute command which they had once had over the great body of the people was very much decayed. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
Her power, which was linked to few of the enduring emotions of his heart, had greatly decayed. 玛丽·雪莱.最后一个人.
The Russians, he was instructed, were decayed, the French degenerate, the British on the verge of civil war. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
A few drops of carbolic acid may be added to the above in the case of decayed teeth and foul breath. 威廉K.戴维.智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
Until the hard Pleistocene times they lived and died in the open, and their bodies were consumed or decayed altogether. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
The idea of Christendom had decayed until its power over the minds of men had gone. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
Thus the sentiment of immediate loss in some sort decayed, while that of utter, irremediable loneliness grew on me with time. 玛丽·雪莱.最后一个人.
In China, as in the Western empire, faith had decayed. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
He has decayed in his prison: I in mine. 查尔斯·狄更斯.小杜丽.