decrepit

英 [dɪˈkrepɪt]

美 [dɪˈkrepɪt]

adj.  衰老的; 老朽的; 破旧的

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BNC.19107 / COCA.16566

牛津词典

adj.

• 衰老的；老朽的；破旧的
  very old and not in good condition or health

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 破旧的;年久失修的;衰老的
  Something that isdecrepitis old and in bad condition. Someone who isdecrepitis old and weak.
  1. The film had been shot in a decrepit old police station.
     该影片是在一所破旧不堪的警察局里拍摄的。
  2. ..a decrepit old man.
     年迈体衰的老人

英英释义

adj

• lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
  1. a feeble old woman
  2. her body looked sapless
  Synonym:debilefeebleinfirmricketysaplessweakweakly
• worn and broken down by hard use
  1. a creaky shack
  2. a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape
  3. a flea-bitten sofa
  4. a run-down neighborhood
  5. a woebegone old shack
  Synonym:creakyderelictflea-bittenrun-downwoebegone

双语例句

• "an old, rickety vehicle, especially a decrepit automobile or aircraft."
  “一种用久而破烂的交通工具，尤指破坏了的汽车或飞机.”
• The film had been shot in a decrepit old police station.
  该影片是在一所破旧不堪的警察局里拍摄的。
• He was dragging out his remaining years in decrepit health.
  他正度着风烛残年。
• Are there more contributing reasons and causes for the current decrepit state of things?
  还有其它的理由和原因助长了目前的衰颓状况嘛？
• Idealism has a role to play& it can convince us that no matter how misshapen, decrepit, or dull we are, there is someone out there for us.
  理想主义有一个作用&它使我们相信，无论我们多么畸形，衰老，或呆滞，总会有人帮助我们。
• A vast number of other public-sector entities, some of them decrepit, often create bottlenecks.
  大量其他公共部门的实体它们中的一部分已经衰落时常面临发展瓶颈。
• The team made a meticulous measurement to the pagodas first and recorded down the decrepit circumstance. Then, they began to excavate the cultural relics.
  考古队首先对三塔进行了细致的测量，记录了三塔的残破情况。然后开始对文物的发掘。
• Childhood, manhood, and decrepit age ( Francis Quarles).
  童年，成年和老年（弗朗西斯·阔勒斯）。
• Each time, I noticed a flurry of activity in a distant compound with a single decrepit building.
  每次，我都注意到远处有一个居民区，里面有一座破旧的建筑物，人声沸沸扬扬。
• These dirty, decrepit workhorses and their doctored diesel are responsible for a particularly toxic form of air pollution as well as health problems.
  这些肮脏破旧的机器和它们所装配的柴油机对一种特殊有毒气体的产生负有主要责任，会造成空气污染和健康问题。