1. There, they keep other creatures in check, distribute seeds, and clean dead and decaying materials from the ground. 在那里，他们控制其他生物的数量，将植物种子带往各地，清除地面上衰败和腐烂的物质。
2. Small business owners often ignore early warning signs of a stagnant market or of decaying profitability. 小企业主往往忽视市场停滞或盈利能力下降的早期预警信号。
3. About the same time, though, scientists realized comets might contain decaying radioactive isotopes that could have warmed cometary interiors to temperatures that caused the interiors to evolve. 然而，大约在同一时间，科学家们意识到彗星可能含有衰变的放射性同位素，这些同位素可能使彗星内部的温度升高到导致内部进化的温度。
4. We turn into pieces of rotting flesh, decaying. 我们变成一片片腐肉，渐渐腐烂。
5. Infrastructure: Let's face it, Los Angeles is decaying. 基础设施：面对现实吧，洛杉矶正在走下坡路。
