decrepit
英 [dɪˈkrepɪt]
美 [dɪˈkrepɪt]
adj. 衰老的; 老朽的; 破旧的
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.- 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。 - ..a decrepit old man.
年迈体衰的老人
- The film had been shot in a decrepit old police station.
英英释义
adj
- lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
- a feeble old woman
- her body looked sapless
- worn and broken down by hard use
- a creaky shack
- a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape
- a flea-bitten sofa
- a run-down neighborhood
- a woebegone old shack
双语例句
- Today, the city of Detroit features a moderately attractive downtown that is surrounded in three directions by acres of decrepit or abandoned housing, abandoned factories, and empty lots ( on the fourth side is the Detroit River).
如今,底特律的市中心已经不怎么有吸引力了,大量年久失修或废弃的房屋、工厂和空地从三面包围了市中心(第四面是底特律河)。 - Three types of rulers are especially susceptible to desertion by their backers: new, decrepit and bankrupt leaders.
有三种统治者极有可能遭遇其支持力量的背叛:新生的、衰老的、行将崩溃的。 - 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。 - He half-listens to the complaints of his decrepit fellow plutocrat, who poor fellow! is too rich to benefit from George bush's tax cuts.
他正心不在焉地听着老朽的富翁同僚的抱怨,这位同僚可怜的家伙太富有了,以至于无法从布什的减税政策中受益。 - 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。 - Hira Hira-Japanese: the feeling you get when you walk into a dark and decrepit old house in the middle of the night.
日语:深更半夜你走进一所又黑又旧的破屋子里的感觉。 - Years ago, my mother sailed the Yangtze, ate in decrepit restaurants, and never once fell ill.
几年前,妈妈坐船游长江,在脏兮兮的小馆子里吃饭,却从未得过病。 - 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。 - a decrepit old man.
年迈体衰的老人 - 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。