短语the rot set in

短语the rot set in的意思是变得更坏。

例句：

1. The rot set in when we lost that important customer in Japan.
我们失去了日本那家重要的客户后，情况就越来越糟了。

2. I'll tell you what, old man, the rot really set in when we admitted that man to the club.
我告诉你吧，老头子，自从我们接受那人进俱乐部，倒霉的事就接踵而来了。

其他例句：

But the rot set in again, when John Carver took over and we got only 13 points from those last 19 league games.
但事情变得更糟，当John Carver接管纽卡后，我们在余下的19场比赛中仅拿了13分。