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

• The sobering fact remains that decrepit infrastructure makes Chinese-style growth of 10 per cent or higher unattainable.
  一个令人警醒的事实依然存在：即老旧的基础设施，使巴西难以实现中国式的10%乃至更高经济增长。
• 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。
• The back yard was a m é lange of decrepit teak furnishings, lumpy grass and a beat-looking umbrella.
  后院是一个放杂物的地方，破旧的柚木家具，块状的碎玻璃，和可以作为打击物的伞。
• A decrepit old man sat on a park bench.
  一个衰弱的老人坐在公园的长凳上。
• No one should hove to live in a house that's so run-down and decrepit.
  不能让人住在这样一座年久失修的破旧房子里。
• Decrepit families imply decrepit wills, decrepit conduct.
  衰败的家族就意味着衰败的意志，衰败的行为。
• a decrepit old man.
  年迈体衰的老人
• The youthful dynamism of America, and now of China and India, seems to be leaving the decrepit old continent in the shade.
  美国的青春活力，如今则是中国和印度的活力，似乎正使得衰落的旧大陆大为逊色。
• An enterprising person is the one who drives through an old decrepit part of town and sees a new housing development.
  一个有事业心的人是一个开车路过破落的街市能想到新的房产开发的人。
• Childhood, manhood, and decrepit age ( Francis Quarles).
  童年，成年和老年（弗朗西斯·阔勒斯）。