decrepit

decrepit音标

英 [dɪˈkrepɪt]

美 [dɪˈkrɛpɪt]

decrepit基本释义

adj.破旧的；衰老的

decrepit用法及例句

adj

1. lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality

e.g. a feeble old womanher body looked sapless

Synonym: debilefeebleinfirmricketysaplessweakweakly

2. worn and broken down by hard use

e.g. a creaky shacka decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tapea flea-bitten sofaa run-down neighborhooda woebegone old shack

Synonym: creakyderelictflea-bittenrun-downwoebegone

1. 破旧的;年久失修的;衰老的Something that is decrepit is old and in bad condition. Someone who is decrepit is old and weak.

e.g. The film had been shot in a decrepit old police station.该影片是在一所破旧不堪的***里拍摄的。e.g. ..a decrepit old man.年迈体衰的老人

1. 衰老：世界男人帮[]消息:妇女进入更年期一般都会出现如停经等明显的生理变化. 但男性的这种变化过程大多模糊不清. 专家认为,一些生理变化可作为男性衰老(decrepit)的标志--1.视力:眼球晶状体随年龄增长不断变厚,男子50岁以后会逐渐出现明显视力衰退和聚焦不准.

2. 破旧,衰老的：decline 倾斜,拒绝 | decrepit 破旧,衰老的 | decry 谴责

3. 衰老的：defiant#大胆反抗的 | decrepit#衰老的 | defunct#死的

4. 衰老的,破旧的：decorum--礼节是人的装饰--礼节,礼貌 | decrepit 衰老的,破旧的 | decry--受到责难,低头cry--责难,贬低

How can you be so good to an old decrepid man?

出自：Dryden

The dwelling itself was so irreparably decrepit that no modern squatter would stay there overnight.

出自：D. Murphy

近义词

临近词

old老的

woebegone忧愁的

feeble虚弱的

weak弱的

infirm体弱的

rickety（连接处不牢固导致）摇晃...

breakable易破碎的

aged年老的

broken-down衰弱的

on its last legs临近死亡

run-down破旧的

sapless没有元气的

flea-bitten 生蚤的

creaky叽叽嘎嘎的

weakly虚弱地

decaying衰退

battered撞坏的

dilapidated破旧的

debile虚弱的

derelict抛弃的

frail脆弱的

crumbling皱纹

decrepit miningareas

Decrepitude index

decrepitation

decrepitatation

decry

decrepitude

decrepitate

decrepitans

decrepitation method

decrement

decrepitated peak

decrepitant

相关列句

The country's power stations are decrepit.(国家发电站比较陈旧。)

Chopin's decrepit health reinforced his emotional trauma.(肖邦身体虚弱，加重了他的感情创伤。)

Mad Henry was a hermit who lived alone in a decrepit mansion at the edge of town.(疯子亨利独自隐居在市镇边缘一处颓废之所。)

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。)

They decided to demolish the decrepit house and build a new home in the same place for his family to live together.(他们决定拆除破旧的房子，同时在这个地方建立一个新家，以期与家人生活在一起。)

In turn Pakistan, with a decrepit economy, needs international aid.(反过来，对于经济破败的巴基斯坦来说国际援助仍是必须之物。)

He nodded at her and sat, looking around with distaste at the decrepit bar.(他朝她点点头，坐下，厌恶地环顾了破旧的酒吧。)

Why did it take an hour for decrepit fire engines to reach the blazing supermarket?(为什么超市着火后，老朽的消防车花费了一个小时才到达事故现场？)

The strike, though, was not the work of Mr. Saleh's decrepit Soviet-era air force.(尽管如此，此次空袭行动并非萨利赫先生手下落后的苏联时期的空*所为。)

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。)