decrepitude

英 [dɪˈkrepɪtjuːd]

美 [dɪˈkrepɪtuːd]

n.  衰老; 老朽; 破旧

BNC.38065 / COCA.33235

牛津词典

noun

• 衰老；老朽；破旧
  the state of being old and in poor condition or health

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 破旧;年久失修;衰老;老朽
  Decrepitudeis the state of being very old and in poor condition.
  1. The building had a general air of decrepitude and neglect.
     这座建筑看上去破旧失修，无人照管。

英英释义

noun

• a state of deterioration due to old age or long use
  Synonym:dilapidation

双语例句

• This touches a point independent of senile decrepitude: we are finite beings and even if our vital functions continued unimpaired, there are limits to what our brains can store and keep adding to.
  这揭示了一个完全不同于衰老的问题：就算我们的心脏能永远健康地跳动，我们的大脑却不可能不停地往里装东西。
• Frequent exercising can defer the decrepitude.
  经常运动锻炼，可延缓衰老。
• The building had a general air of decrepitude and neglect.
  这座建筑看上去破旧失修，无人照管。
• It indicated that GCs could slow decrepitude and has effect of prevention and treatment of aged dementia, the mechanism of which may related with antioxidation.
  推测GCs可能是通过抗氧化机制起到延缓衰老和防治老年性痴呆的作用。
• From the above data, tea have the power to improve immunity and to resist decrepitude.
  由此可以看出，茶叶能够起到提高免疫力，抗衰老的功效。
• Traditional Chinese Medicine has abundant clinical experience and form theoretical system to postpone decrepitude, it emphasize that spleen is the root of after-birth and the source of qi and blood.
  中医学在延缓衰老的过程中，积累了丰富的临床经验，并形成了丰富的医学理论，中医学强调脾为后天之本、气血生化之源。
• SOD is superoxide dismutase, it can clear away excessive O2 which is produced during the course of organism supersession, it can prevent disease and delay the decrepitude of human body.
  超氧化歧化酶（SOD）能清除机体代谢过程中产生的过多的氧自由基，可预防疾病和延缓人体衰老。
• Vascular remodeling is a common phenomenon existed in the process of the organism/ s growth, development, decrepitude and cardiovascular disease.
  血管重建是机体在生长、发育和衰老以及心血管疾病过程中普遍存在的一种现象。
• It can also slow decrepitude of the body and improve the ability of anti-oxidant and anti-ageing.
  可延缓机体的衰老，提高机体组织的抗氧化、抗衰老能力，预示着逆针灸在预防医学领域具有广阔的应用前景。
• The grace of her age was still struggling against the hideous, premature decrepitude of debauchery and poverty.
  青春的风采也仍在跟堕落与贫苦所招致的老丑作斗争。