萎缩

• 拼音: wěi suō
• 汉字拆解: 萎 = 艹 + 委 (withered plant, drooping); 缩 = 纟+ 宿 (shrink, contract)

含义

To shrink, wither, or atrophy. Used for physical withering of tissue or plants, economic contraction of markets, or decline of an industry.

A versatile term used in biology (肌肉萎缩, muscle atrophy), economics (市场萎缩, market contraction), and botany. Distinguished from 畏缩 (recoiling out of fear) by its physical or structural, non-psychological sense.

例句

1. 长期卧床导致他的腿部肌肉严重萎缩。
2. 受全球经济下行影响，出口市场持续萎缩。
3. 干旱使这片农田的庄稼全部萎缩枯死。

用法指南

语境: medicine, economics, science

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 长期不运动会导致肌肉逐渐萎缩，影响日常活动能力。(Long-term inactivity causes muscles to gradually atrophy, affecting the ability to carry out daily activities.)
• 国内制造业市场在过去五年中持续萎缩，亟需转型升级。(The domestic manufacturing market has continued to shrink over the past five years and urgently needs transformation and upgrading.)

错误说法

• 他听到批评就萎缩了 — use 畏缩 when someone flinches or hesitates due to fear or pressure; 萎缩 describes physical or structural shrinkage, not psychological recoiling

起源与历史

萎 (wither, droop) + 缩 (shrink, contract)

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal