decrepit

adj.

1. 衰老的；老朽的；破旧的
   very old and not in good condition or health

1. ADJ-GRADED 破旧的;年久失修的;衰老的
   Something that is decrepit is old and in bad condition. Someone who is decrepit is old and weak.
   1. The film had been shot in a decrepit old police station.
      该影片是在一所破旧不堪的警察局里拍摄的。
   2. ..a decrepit old man.
      年迈体衰的老人

1. The film had been shot in a decrepit old police station.
   该影片是在一所破旧不堪的警察局里拍摄的。
2. a decrepit old man.
   年迈体衰的老人
3. The infrastructure, from hotels to transport, is old and decrepit.
   从宾馆到交通，所有的基础设施都已陈旧失修。
4. The British music scene is nostalgic, decrepit and moribund.
   英国音乐呈现出感伤怀旧、暮气沉沉、行将就木的景象。
5. Today, the city of Detroit features a moderately attractive downtown that is surrounded in three directions by acres of decrepit or abandoned housing, abandoned factories, and empty lots ( on the fourth side is the Detroit River).
   如今，底特律的市中心已经不怎么有吸引力了，大量年久失修或废弃的房屋、工厂和空地从三面包围了市中心（第四面是底特律河）。
6. The back yard was a m é lange of decrepit teak furnishings, lumpy grass and a beat-looking umbrella.
   后院是一个放杂物的地方，破旧的柚木家具，块状的碎玻璃，和可以作为打击物的伞。
7. Decrepit families imply decrepit wills, decrepit conduct.
   衰败的家族就意味着衰败的意志，衰败的行为。
8. These dirty, decrepit workhorses and their doctored diesel are responsible for a particularly toxic form of air pollution as well as health problems.
   这些肮脏破旧的机器和它们所装配的柴油机对一种特殊有毒气体的产生负有主要责任，会造成空气污染和健康问题。
9. Each time, I noticed a flurry of activity in a distant compound with a single decrepit building.
   每次，我都注意到远处有一个居民区，里面有一座破旧的建筑物，人声沸沸扬扬。
10. Years ago, my mother sailed the Yangtze, ate in decrepit restaurants, and never once fell ill.
    几年前，妈妈坐船游长江，在脏兮兮的小馆子里吃饭，却从未得过病。
11. The Italians, for instance, created the perfect experience of watching football, but then wrecked it with decrepit stadiums, hooligans and match fixing.
    例如，意大利人本来创造出了观赏足球的完美体验，但又用破旧的球场、足球流氓和假球黑哨破坏了这种体验。
12. I know from personal experience that the "existing rails" in Cambodia are decrepit.
    我知道根据个人经验柬埔寨的“存在的铁路”是破旧的。
13. In1983, star warsdirector George Lucas took aim at decrepit theater sound systems.
    1983年，星球大战计划主任乔治卢卡斯瞄准老朽剧院音响系统。
14. Objective In accordance with the structure in decrepit skin, the anti-aging skin of the poly peptides were studied.
    目的本文根据皮肤自然老化的原理，研究海洋肽的抗皮肤衰老作用。
15. He was dragging out his remaining years in decrepit health.
    他正度着风烛残年。
16. The youthful dynamism of America, and now of China and India, seems to be leaving the decrepit old continent in the shade.
    美国的青春活力，如今则是中国和印度的活力，似乎正使得衰落的旧大陆大为逊色。
17. No one should hove to live in a house that's so run-down and decrepit.
    不能让人住在这样一座年久失修的破旧房子里。
18. An enterprising person is the one who drives through an old decrepit part of town and sees a new housing development.
    一个有事业心的人是一个开车路过破落的街市能想到新的房产开发的人。
19. Are there more contributing reasons and causes for the current decrepit state of things?
    还有其它的理由和原因助长了目前的衰颓状况嘛？
20. A decrepit old man sat on a park bench.
    一个衰弱的老人坐在公园的长凳上。
21. The team made a meticulous measurement to the pagodas first and recorded down the decrepit circumstance. Then, they began to excavate the cultural relics.
    考古队首先对三塔进行了细致的测量，记录了三塔的残破情况。然后开始对文物的发掘。
22. The sobering fact remains that decrepit infrastructure makes Chinese-style growth of 10 per cent or higher unattainable.
    一个令人警醒的事实依然存在：即老旧的基础设施，使巴西难以实现中国式的10%乃至更高经济增长。
23. Bill rode past the street on a horse that looked decrepit and about to collapse.
    比尔骑着一匹看起来快倒了的老马从街上经过。
24. Three types of rulers are especially susceptible to desertion by their backers: new, decrepit and bankrupt leaders.
    有三种统治者极有可能遭遇其支持力量的背叛：新生的、衰老的、行将崩溃的。
25. "an old, rickety vehicle, especially a decrepit automobile or aircraft."
    “一种用久而破烂的交通工具，尤指破坏了的汽车或飞机.”
26. He half-listens to the complaints of his decrepit fellow plutocrat, who poor fellow! is too rich to benefit from George bush's tax cuts.
    他正心不在焉地听着老朽的富翁同僚的抱怨，这位同僚可怜的家伙太富有了，以至于无法从布什的减税政策中受益。
27. Hira Hira-Japanese: the feeling you get when you walk into a dark and decrepit old house in the middle of the night.
    日语：深更半夜你走进一所又黑又旧的破屋子里的感觉。
28. A vast number of other public-sector entities, some of them decrepit, often create bottlenecks.
    大量其他公共部门的实体它们中的一部分已经衰落时常面临发展瓶颈。
29. Idealism has a role to play& it can convince us that no matter how misshapen, decrepit, or dull we are, there is someone out there for us.
    理想主义有一个作用&它使我们相信，无论我们多么畸形，衰老，或呆滞，总会有人帮助我们。
30. Childhood, manhood, and decrepit age ( Francis Quarles).
    童年，成年和老年（弗朗西斯·阔勒斯）。

adj

1. lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
   1. a feeble old woman
   2. her body looked sapless

   Synonym:    debilefeebleinfirmricketysaplessweakweakly

2. worn and broken down by hard use
   1. a creaky shack
   2. a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape
   3. a flea-bitten sofa
   4. a run-down neighborhood
   5. a woebegone old shack

   Synonym:    creakyderelictflea-bittenrun-downwoebegone