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 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• In1983, star warsdirector George Lucas took aim at decrepit theater sound systems.
  1983年，星球大战计划主任乔治卢卡斯瞄准老朽剧院音响系统。
• He was dragging out his remaining years in decrepit health.
  他正度着风烛残年。
• 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。
• 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。
• I know from personal experience that the "existing rails" in Cambodia are decrepit.
  我知道根据个人经验柬埔寨的“存在的铁路”是破旧的。
• A decrepit old man sat on a park bench.
  一个衰弱的老人坐在公园的长凳上。