decrepit

英 [dɪˈkrepɪt]

美 [dɪˈkrepɪt]

adj.  衰老的; 老朽的; 破旧的

TOEFLIELTSGRE

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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He was dragging out his remaining years in decrepit health.
  他正度着风烛残年。
• 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）。
• The Italians, for instance, created the perfect experience of watching football, but then wrecked it with decrepit stadiums, hooligans and match fixing.
  例如，意大利人本来创造出了观赏足球的完美体验，但又用破旧的球场、足球流氓和假球黑哨破坏了这种体验。
• "an old, rickety vehicle, especially a decrepit automobile or aircraft."
  “一种用久而破烂的交通工具，尤指破坏了的汽车或飞机.”
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。