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

• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Childhood, manhood, and decrepit age ( Francis Quarles).
  童年，成年和老年（弗朗西斯·阔勒斯）。
• 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。
• He was dragging out his remaining years in decrepit health.
  他正度着风烛残年。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。