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

• Golgi complexes and centrosomes were especially rich in the cells treated with AMB and they did not show much decrepitude although the cells have aged.
  特别是黄芪组细胞之高尔基复合体、中心体特别发达，虽细胞已衰老而它们却不甚衰老。
• Furthermore, they just show the result of gather and can't have a condition of skin's decrepitude, which is no directive sense to prevention and cure for skin's decrepitude, just provide some reference as assistant.
  而且，它们往往只是给出采集的数据结果，不能根据结果得到相应皮肤衰老的状况和治疗措施，对皮肤衰老的防治没有什么实际的指导意义，只能作为辅助设备提供一些参考。
• 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。
• When it was discovered that the knacker and tanner would give only a very few shillings for Prince's carcase because of his decrepitude, Durbeyfield rose to the occasion.
  德北菲尔德发现，由于王子衰老枯瘦，屠户和皮匠只愿出几个先令买下它的尸体，他就站起来处理这件事。
• Therefore, researching the relationship between spleen deficiency and decrepitude and investigating its effective mechanism have most important realistic significance in the course of medical practice to postpone decrepitude.
  因此，深入研究脾虚与衰老的关系，进一步明确其作用机制，在延缓衰老的医学实践中无疑有极为重要的现实意义。
• 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。
• 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。
• Soybean phospholipid can strengthen memory ability and may have something to do with cells decrepitude and relax the consenescence caused by D-gallstone. 2.
  结论：1.大豆磷脂具有增强记忆和延缓衰老的作用，可以缓解或部分缓解由D-半乳糖对大鼠的致衰作用。
• 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 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