退化 (tuì huà) — to degenerate, to atrophy

退 (tuì) is the natural, often biological 'regress / atrophy / degenerate' (organs, muscles, abilities, institutions). Unlike 腐朽 or 堕落, it implies a gradual functional decline, not moral corruption; unlike 萎缩, it is broader than physical shrinking.

verb
to degenerateto atrophy

예문

  • 退化
    Huán jìng è huà dǎo zhì mǒu xiē wù zhǒng de qì guān zhú jiàn tuì huà.
    Environmental degradation causes the organs of some species to gradually degenerate.
  • 退化
    Cháng qī bú duàn liàn, jī ròu huì màn màn tuì huà.
    If you don't exercise for a long time, your muscles will slowly atrophy.
  • 退化
    Yí gè gōng sī rú guǒ quē fá chuàng xīn, hěn kuài jiù huì tuì huà.
    A company that lacks innovation will soon degenerate.

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