"rottenness" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 腐爛
• 腐敗 (道德)

Definition

腐爛是指變質或腐敗的狀態，常用於描述食物腐爛，也可比喻道德敗壞或腐化。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

可用來形容食物變質（字面），也能比喻道德腐敗等深層問題。比單純說“不好”或“壞掉”更正式。

Examples

The rottenness of the fruit made it impossible to eat.

水果的**腐爛**讓人無法食用。

You can smell the rottenness in the garbage bin.

你能聞到垃圾桶裡的**腐爛**味道。

The rottenness of the old wood made it crumble easily.

舊木頭的**腐爛**使它很容易碎裂。

He couldn’t hide the rottenness at the heart of his business.

他無法掩蓋公司內部的**腐敗**。

There's a sense of rottenness in the whole system that nobody wants to talk about.

整個體制裡都有一種**腐敗**的感覺，但沒有人願意談論。

Years of neglect led to the slow rottenness of the old mansion.

多年的疏於管理導致那座老宅慢慢**腐爛**。