Many things rot away over a long time.

经过很长一段时间，许多东西都烂掉了。

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Studies of landfills suggest they may take centuries to rot away.

垃圾填埋区的研究显示它们可能要花上几个世纪才会完全腐烂。

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Condensation will cause the fabric of the building to rot away.

冷凝作用会使建筑物的结构腐烂。

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If there is only a small amount of rot, the dead material can be cut away.

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The club continues to force feed the model of perennial contention as it watches the core rot away.

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At some point "free" and "enterprise" have to come together or else the foundation of prosperity will rot away.

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Two factors contribute to this: firstly, we need to build a certain number of houses each year to replace those that rot away.

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