dilapidated
英 [dɪˈlæp.ɪ.deɪ.tɪd]
美 [dɪˈlæp.ə.deɪ.t̬ɪd]
- adj. 荒废的,要塌似的;破坏的
- v. 变得荒废(dilapidate的过去分词)
将“dilapidated”拆解为“dilapid”和“ated”。想象“dilapid”就像是个老旧建筑,上面“ated”就像是粘上了标记,表示这栋建筑很破旧。这样,你可以通过想象一个老房子来记忆这个单词的意思,即“破旧的”。
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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。
- dilapidated (adj.)
- "in ruins, broken down," 1806, past participle adjective from dilapidate.
- 1. A few horse-drawn carts still trundle through the dilapidated mining villages.
- 几架马车仍然在破落的矿村中曲折行进。
- 2. The house is very dilapidated but it has possibilities.
- 这房子已破旧不堪,但还可有利用的价值.
- 3. The building wore a dilapidated look.
- 这建筑看起来要倒塌了.
- 4. The walls of the dilapidated shed lean outward.
- 那座破棚屋的墙向外倾.
- 5. The house is a little more dilapidated than when I last saw it.
- 那房子比我上次见到时更破旧了些。