They degrade into carbon and oxygen.

他们能被降解成碳和氧。

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As they degrade, the phosphates migrate into the soil.

它们在降解以后，磷酸盐会进入土壤。

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Rise, and don't degrade yourself into an abject reptile--don't!'

起来，可别把你自己贬成一个下贱的爬虫——可别！

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And you just throw them on the ground, and they die and degrade into great fertilizer and compost.

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Does democracy eventually degrade into a pack-eat-pack kind of predatory interest-group plunder party where everyone attempts to steal from everyone else under the color of law?

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As such its (somewhat wordy) Vanishing Programmable Resources (VAPR) program has been set up to create rugged technology, that can degrade into its surroundings when triggered.

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