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
- 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? - Decrepit families imply decrepit wills, decrepit conduct.
衰败的家族就意味着衰败的意志,衰败的行为。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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)。 - Childhood, manhood, and decrepit age ( Francis Quarles).
童年,成年和老年(弗朗西斯·阔勒斯)。 - 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 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。