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

• 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。
• 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。
• Hira Hira-Japanese: the feeling you get when you walk into a dark and decrepit old house in the middle of the night.
  日语：深更半夜你走进一所又黑又旧的破屋子里的感觉。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• a decrepit old man.
  年迈体衰的老人
• A decrepit old man sat on a park bench.
  一个衰弱的老人坐在公园的长凳上。