derelict
pronunciation
UK [ˈderəlɪkt]
US [ˈderəlɪkt]
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- adj.
- 被抛弃的，废弃的
- 玩忽职守的
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- n.
- 遗弃物
- 玩忽职守者
Word Origin
derelict 荒废的
de-, 向下，离开，-re, 向后，-lict, 留下，遗留，词源同delinquent, leave. 即留在后面的，荒废的。
Example
- 1. Corrupt officials deem properties " derelict " while secretly allocating them to friendly developers .
- 腐败的官僚们视财产为“遗弃物”而秘密地分配这些财产给关系户。
- 2. It is courting chinese sovereign-wealth funds to develop liverpool 's derelict northern dockyards .
- 它正在致力于吸引中国主权基金开发利物浦北部废弃的造船工厂。
- 3. Opponents believe derelict industrial sites within bath should be used first to meet government housing targets .
- 反对者认为，巴斯城内的工业废弃用地应该首先被用于满足政府的住房目标。
- 4. In ' nostalghia , ' there is a scene where he shows this old derelict church in the rain .
- 在《乡愁》中，他向我们展示了一个场景：一座在雨中的被废弃的古老教堂。
- 5. Like many of the 19th-century buildings in birmingham 's eastside , it has been derelict ever since .
- 像很多伯明翰东部的19世纪建筑一样，自此以后便被遗弃不用了。
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