It took internal whistle-blowing and investigative journalism to uncover the rot.

通过来自内部的检举和调查性报道才揭露出了这一腐败现象。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

The rot set in last year when they reorganized the department.

去年他们重组这个部门时，衰败就开始了。

《牛津词典》

The team should manage to stop the rot if they play well this week.

如果球队本周比赛表现好，他们应该能够阻止形势的恶化。

《牛津词典》

Yellow or brown areas shaped like the letter V on leaves may be a sign of black rot infection.

VOA: special.2009.03.03

And the challenge is to combine "the permission to be human" to experience the emotion to go through the motion and yet not to enter the downward spiral where six months later, after small incident, I'm still in that rot.

困难在于将之与准许为人相结合“,去体会情绪，实现转移,但不会进入下行螺旋，在发生小小意外六个月后，仍心情低落。

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

VOA: special.2010.06.08

While it's never too early to stop the rot, it's never too late, either.

CNN: Opinion: Unlocking crime using biological keys

Biological interventions need not be draconian, and it's never too early to stop the rot.

CNN: Opinion: Unlocking crime using biological keys

In this issue he takes a broader look at the rot in the world's second-largest economy.

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