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Atrophy

Atrophy 既可以作动词(萎缩),也可以作名词。它常用于医学(肌肉萎缩),也常引申为技能或权力的丧失。

  1. Muscles can atrophy if they are not used regularly. (肌肉如果长期不使用就会萎缩。)
  2. Without practice, your piano skills will slowly atrophy. (如果不练习,你的钢琴技巧会慢慢退化。)
  3. The power of the local council has atrophied over the years. (多年来,地方议会的权力已经衰落。)
  • 词根-troph- (营养/喂养,如 hypertrophy 肥大)
  • 前缀a- (无,非)
  • 含义:没有营养 -> 萎缩。

记:a- (无) + trophy (奖杯/营养)。想象一个人因为没有得到“营养”(奖杯里装的食物),所以身体 atrophy (萎缩) 了。

After months in a cast, the athlete was shocked to see how much his leg muscle had atrophied. (在打了几个月的石膏后,这位运动员惊讶地看到他的腿部肌肉萎缩了多少。)