atrophy
1.VERB 动词（肌肉或身体其他部分）萎缩 If a muscle or other part of the body atrophies, it decreases in size or strength, often as a result of an illness.
【语法信息】：V
【语法信息】：V-ed
【STYLE标签】：FORMAL 正式
Scott's muscle atrophied, his leg became stunted, and he was left lame...
斯科特的肌肉萎缩,一条腿发育不完全，成了个瘸子。
Patients exercised their atrophied limbs in the swimming pool.
病人们在泳池里锻炼萎缩的四肢。
- Atrophy is also a noun.
...exercises to avoid jelling and atrophy of cartilage.
防止软骨硬化和萎缩而进行的锻炼
2.VERB 动词（事物的尺寸、程度、影响力等由于不使用或未受到保护而）变小，退化 If something atrophies, its size, degree, or effectiveness decreases because it is not used or protected.
【语法信息】：V
【语法信息】：V-ed
【STYLE标签】：FORMAL 正式
If you allow your mind to stagnate, this particular talent will atrophy...
如果你老不用脑，那么这一特殊才能就会退化。
Many hoped he would renew the country's atrophied political system.
很多人都期望他能使该国萎靡的政治体系振作起来。
- Atrophy is also a noun.
...levels of consciousness which are nowadays usurped by television and in danger of atrophy.
如今被电视所侵占而可能会逐渐丧失的思想意识
