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单词 dilapidated
释义
dilapidated
adjective
uk
/dɪˈlæp.ɪ.deɪ.tɪd/us
/dɪˈlæp.ə.deɪ.t̬ɪd/
oldand inpoorcondition:
年久失修的，破败的，破旧的
Thehotelwestayedin was really dilapidated.我们住的那家酒店真是破败不堪。
a dilapidatedoldcar/shed破旧的汽车／棚屋
Synonyms
broken-down
decrepit
derelict
ramshackledisapproving
rickety
run-down
tumbledown
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
In bad condition
  • battered
  • battle-scarred
  • be on the skidsidiom
  • beatsomeoneup
  • blasted
  • have seen better daysidiom
  • hors de combat
  • impaired
  • in good, bad, etc. repairidiom
  • in piecesidiom
  • ruined
  • runsomeone/somethingdown
  • sad
  • scarred
  • scuffed
  • the worse for wearidiom
  • worm-eaten
  • worn out
  • worse
  • worsening
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dilapidation
(Definition ofdilapidatedfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

dilapidated| American Dictionary

dilapidated
adjective
us
/dəˈlæp·ɪˌdeɪ·t̬ɪd/
(esp. of astructure) inbadconditionandneedingrepair:
We still use the dilapidatedbarnforstoringtools.
(Definition ofdilapidatedfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdilapidated

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The first remedy was one granted following a demonstration that a neighbour's property was sodilapidatedas to threaten damage to one's own.
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The slow rebuilding process meant that many refugees lived in dangerouslydilapidateddwellings.
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Soldiers live indilapidatedquarters and their hardware is obsolete.
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The script's first description of the house is asdilapidated, shabbier than others on the street, with no carpets, no signs of occupation.
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This change of focus allowed these spaces, in the countryside, in the forest and indilapidatedbuildings, to alter.
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She comes upon adilapidatedhut where she encounters an elderly, white-haired woman who offers her assistance.
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Exploring their acoustic/ musical properties in theirdilapidatedstate, brought them to life in surprising ways.
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These are located in the middle- and lower-middle-class neighbourhood of small grocery stores, departmental stores, bookstores, anddilapidatedapartment and office buildings.
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Thedilapidatedone-horse town, cut off from modernity, also belongs to a fast-receding past.
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An important point is that most of these firms were running below capacity and plants were in badlydilapidatedcondition.
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Westerwalder traders concentrated in a neighbourhood consisting of small anddilapidatedhouses.
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Much less space was now needed for locking up offenders and a number ofdilapidatedpenal institutions were shut down.
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His father came to adilapidatedfarm in 1860.
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A temple which is 'radiant', he says, has tremendous impact on people, whereas one which isdilapidatedreflects a community which is disintegrating.
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Ahmedabad proper, within the walls, is a bazaar, a huge market intermixed with the olddilapidatedresidential neighbourhoods of the pols.
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