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
- A decrepit old man sat on a park bench.
一个衰弱的老人坐在公园的长凳上。 - 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。 - a decrepit old man.
年迈体衰的老人 - 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。 - A vast number of other public-sector entities, some of them decrepit, often create bottlenecks.
大量其他公共部门的实体它们中的一部分已经衰落时常面临发展瓶颈。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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 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。