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

• Its 'activity decreased and tended to decrepitude.
  其活力明显下降，趋于衰老；
• 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。
• What do the middleaged women need in order to maintain their youth and doomed decrepitude?
  什么是中年妇女的需要，以维持其青年和注定衰老？
• In the late stages of decrepitude and decay.
  处于枯衰腐朽的末期。
• 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。
• 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。
• As he grew older, he realized that he was beginning to slide into physical, decrepitude.
  随着年事渐高，他意识到身体已开始慢慢地衰朽下去。
• The effects of Gastrodia elata on preventing decrepitude and advancing memory are closely associated with its neuroprotective activity.
  天麻抗衰老和促进学习记忆的作用与其神经保护作用密切相关。
• All four of them seemed to be standing at the four corners of old age, which are decrepitude, decay, ruin, and sadness.
  她们四个仿佛是在人生晚年的枯竭、凋残、衰颓、愁惨这四只角上，各占一角。
• A ladies'man given to vigorous wall-shaking, the writer turns a blind eye to the hotel's decrepitude even as he keeps its female guests fixed in his sights.
  当他保存它的在他视力中被修理的女性客人的时候，摇动墙壁的精力充沛的淑女给男人，作家更甚至将一个盲目的眼睛转向旅馆的衰老。