deteriorate

/dɪˈtɪə.ɹɪə.ɹeɪt/· v.

科学/科研/医疗B2

deteriorate
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Chinese meaning

恶è化huà;衰shuāi退tuì

变biàn差chà;恶è化huà

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指zhǐ器qì官guān离lí体tǐ后hòu功gōng能néng开kāi始shǐ衰shuāi退tuì

Example

As soon as an organ has been carefully removed from a donor’s body, it starts to deteriorate.

器qì官guān一yí旦dàn被bèi小xiǎo心xīn地de从cóng捐juān献xiàn者zhě体tǐ内nèi取qǔ出chū,就jiù会huì立lì刻kè开kāi始shǐ衰shuāi退tuì。

Source: technologyreview.com · 23 Jul 2026

Background ✎

讲jiǎng的de是shì器qì官guān移yí植zhí中zhōng时shí间jiān紧jǐn迫pò——离lí体tǐ器qì官guān会huì迅xùn速sù衰shuāi退tuì,外wài科kē医yī生shēng只zhǐ有yǒu几jǐ小xiǎo时shí窗chuāng口kǒu完wán成chéng移yí植zhí。

Roots · etymology

源自拉丁语 dēteriōrāre(使变坏),来自 dēterior(更坏)

  • deterior(拉丁语:更坏)+ -ate(动词后缀)

Collocations

  • deteriorate rapidly / health deteriorates / relations deteriorate

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