decrepitude

英 [dɪˈkrepɪtjuːd]

美 [dɪˈkrepɪtuːd]

n.  衰老; 老朽; 破旧

BNC.38065 / COCA.33235

牛津词典

noun

• 衰老；老朽；破旧
  the state of being old and in poor condition or health

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 破旧;年久失修;衰老;老朽
  Decrepitudeis the state of being very old and in poor condition.
  1. The building had a general air of decrepitude and neglect.
     这座建筑看上去破旧失修，无人照管。

英英释义

noun

• a state of deterioration due to old age or long use
  Synonym:dilapidation

双语例句

• It indicated that GCs could slow decrepitude and has effect of prevention and treatment of aged dementia, the mechanism of which may related with antioxidation.
  推测GCs可能是通过抗氧化机制起到延缓衰老和防治老年性痴呆的作用。
• But excessive free radicals inside the human body can cause cell and organization organ hurt, result in various disease and accelerate body decrepitude.
  人体内过多的自由基，可导致细胞和组织器官损伤、诱发各种疾病、加速机体衰老。
• There was a certain relativity between SOD activity, CAT activity and membrane leakage, MDA content, O2 ·-content, but the relativity of POD activity and the chayote fruits 'decrepitude was not obvious.
  SOD和CAT活性与细胞膜透性、MDA和O2.-含量表现出一定的相关性，而POD活性与佛手瓜成熟衰老相关性不明显。
• In the late stages of decrepitude and decay.
  处于枯衰腐朽的末期。
• Traditional Chinese Medicine has abundant clinical experience and form theoretical system to postpone decrepitude, it emphasize that spleen is the root of after-birth and the source of qi and blood.
  中医学在延缓衰老的过程中，积累了丰富的临床经验，并形成了丰富的医学理论，中医学强调脾为后天之本、气血生化之源。
• The photosynthetic rate descend gradually because of the decrepitude of the leaf.
  后期由于叶子的衰老，光合速率逐渐下降。
• From the above data, tea have the power to improve immunity and to resist decrepitude.
  由此可以看出，茶叶能够起到提高免疫力，抗衰老的功效。
• This touches a point independent of senile decrepitude: we are finite beings and even if our vital functions continued unimpaired, there are limits to what our brains can store and keep adding to.
  这揭示了一个完全不同于衰老的问题：就算我们的心脏能永远健康地跳动，我们的大脑却不可能不停地往里装东西。
• The grace of her age was still struggling against the hideous, premature decrepitude of debauchery and poverty.
  青春的风采也仍在跟堕落与贫苦所招致的老丑作斗争。
• The Influence of the Nourishing Kidney and Qi Therapy ( NKQT) upon the Decrepitude Mesenchymal Stem Cells's Activity
  补肾益气法对衰老间充质干细胞活性的影响