atrophy

权威英汉双解

The cultural life of the country will sink into atrophy unless more writers and artists emerge.

如果没有更多的作家和艺术家出现，这个国家的文化生活将衰退。

Memory can atrophy through lack of use.

记忆力不常使用就会衰退。

英汉释义

• n.

  1.【医学】萎缩症,虚脱

  2.【生物学】衰退;退化,退缩

  3.生长停止

  4.消亡

  1.【医学】萎缩症,虚脱

  2.【生物学】衰退;退化,退缩

  3.生长停止

  4.消亡

• v.

  1.(使)萎缩

  2.(使)虚脱

英英释义

• n.

  1.the shrinking in size of some part or organ of the body, usually caused by injury, disease, or lack of use

  2.weakening or lessening of some ability

  3.a medical condition in which a part of your body becomes weaker or smaller because you are not using it or because blood is not reaching it

• v.

  1.to weaken or waste away through disuse or the effects of disease

  2.if an organization or practice atrophies or is atrophied, it becomes weaker and less effective

  3.if a part of your body atrophies or is atrophied, it becomes weaker or smaller because you are not using it or because blood is not reaching it