dilapidated

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  • adj.
    残破的,失修的
    荒废的,衰败的
    破旧

单词词源

dilapidated 破旧的

di-, 分开,散开,来自dis-变体。-lapis, 石头,词源同lapidary, lapis lazuli. 即石头散开,引申义破败的,破旧的。

双语例句

1. Many hospitals and schools are dilapidated .
许多医院与学校也因破旧而荒废。
2. Oil gave him power far beyond the confines of his dilapidated state .
石油给予他远超其破旧国家疆界以外的权力。
3. However , real concerns remain about america 's exploding pension liabilities and dilapidated infrastructure .
然而,美国巨大的养老金债务及其破旧的基础设施依然让人忧心忡忡。
4. Rich pupils get good private education ; poor ones are condemned to underfunded , dilapidated state-funded schools .
富裕的学生获得了良好的私人教育,贫穷的学生只能到资金不足、破旧不堪的公立学校上学。
5. On the day of the presidential election money-politics could be seen in action in central kano , the dusty , dilapidated industrial capital of the north .
在总统选举当天,金钱政治在卡诺中部有所体现,那是北方的工业中心,灰尘满布,破旧不堪。

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