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。

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。