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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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? - 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。 - Idealism has a role to play& it can convince us that no matter how misshapen, decrepit, or dull we are, there is someone out there for us.
理想主义有一个作用&它使我们相信,无论我们多么畸形,衰老,或呆滞,总会有人帮助我们。 - 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。 - 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 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。 - The British music scene is nostalgic, decrepit and moribund.
英国音乐呈现出感伤怀旧、暮气沉沉、行将就木的景象。 - 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。