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
- 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。 - A decrepit old man sat on a park bench.
一个衰弱的老人坐在公园的长凳上。 - Childhood, manhood, and decrepit age ( Francis Quarles).
童年,成年和老年(弗朗西斯·阔勒斯)。 - 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 infrastructure, from hotels to transport, is old and decrepit.
从宾馆到交通,所有的基础设施都已陈旧失修。 - 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。 - 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。 - He half-listens to the complaints of his decrepit fellow plutocrat, who poor fellow! is too rich to benefit from George bush's tax cuts.
他正心不在焉地听着老朽的富翁同僚的抱怨,这位同僚可怜的家伙太富有了,以至于无法从布什的减税政策中受益。 - 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。 - 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。