moulder GRE

1.there was a mushroomy smell of disuse and mouldering books.

有一股因长年弃置不用和发霉书籍带来的蘑菇般气味。

2.I couldn't permit someone of your abilities to moulder away in a backwater.

我不能允许像你这样有能力的人在死气沉沉的地方去。