atrophies

atrophies

美 [?ætr?fi] 　英 [?ætr?fi:z]

  • n.【醫學】萎縮癥；【生物學】衰退；退縮；生長停止
  • v.(使)萎縮；(使)虛脫

詞形變化

過去分詞：atrophied  現在分詞：atrophying  第三人稱單數：atrophies  

同義詞

英漢雙解

n.
1.
[u]
萎縮the condition of losing flesh, muscle, strength, etc. in a part of the body because it does not have enough blood
The cultural life of the country will sink into atrophy unless more writers and artists emerge.
如果沒有更多的作家和藝術家出現，這個國家的文化生活將衰退。
v.
1.
[i]
萎縮；衰退if a part of the bodyatrophies , it becomes weak because it is not used or because it does not have enough blood
Memory can atrophy through lack of use.
記憶力不常使用就會衰退。

英漢解釋

n.
1.
【醫學】萎縮癥,虛脫
2.
【生物學】衰退;退化,退縮
3.
生長停止
4.
消亡
v.
1.
(使)萎縮
2.
(使)虛脫

英英解釋

n.
v.

例句

Those like a very treacherous person, liking generally low head, face other people's eyes not too, the vision atrophies to conceal.

那些喜歡笑里藏刀的人，一般喜歡低著頭，不太去正視別人的眼睛，目光萎縮隱藏。

Learning does not stop as long as a man lives, unless his learning power atrophies because he does not use it.

除非人因不曾利用自己的學習力量，以致這種力量萎縮，則只要活著，學習不會停下來。

Demand for oil is still falling, as the world economy atrophies.

隨著世界經濟的萎縮，石油需求仍然在減少。

Constant pressure atrophies the mind.

不斷的壓力將使心志衰退。

An organ atrophies when not used.

器官不用就要萎縮。