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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• These dirty, decrepit workhorses and their doctored diesel are responsible for a particularly toxic form of air pollution as well as health problems.
  这些肮脏破旧的机器和它们所装配的柴油机对一种特殊有毒气体的产生负有主要责任，会造成空气污染和健康问题。
• 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 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。