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
- 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。 - a decrepit old man.
年迈体衰的老人 - Bill rode past the street on a horse that looked decrepit and about to collapse.
比尔骑着一匹看起来快倒了的老马从街上经过。 - Each time, I noticed a flurry of activity in a distant compound with a single decrepit building.
每次,我都注意到远处有一个居民区,里面有一座破旧的建筑物,人声沸沸扬扬。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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 back yard was a m é lange of decrepit teak furnishings, lumpy grass and a beat-looking umbrella.
后院是一个放杂物的地方,破旧的柚木家具,块状的碎玻璃,和可以作为打击物的伞。 - 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? - He was dragging out his remaining years in decrepit health.
他正度着风烛残年。