defunct: [16] The -funct in defunct is the same ultimately as that in function and perfunctory. It comes from the past participle of Latin fungī ‘perform, discharge’. In combination with the intensive prefix dē- this produced dēfunctus ‘discharged, finished’, hence ‘dead’, which was borrowed directly into English. => function, perfunctory
defunct (adj.)
1590s, from Old French defunct (14c., Modern French defunt) or directly from Latin defunctus "dead," literally "off-duty," from past participle of defungi "to discharge, finish," from de- "off, completely" (see de-) + fungi "perform or discharge duty," from PIE root *bheug- (2) "to enjoy" (see brook (v.)).
双语例句
1. They bought all their equipment from a defunct brewery in Manhattan.
他们那些设备都是从曼哈顿一家已经关闭的啤酒厂购买的。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The scheme for building an airport seems to be completely defunct now.
建造新机场的计划看来整个完蛋了.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. Most of the time of the defunct had been passed in helping himself.
死者生前大部分时间都是用来造福自己.
来自辞典例句
4. A family name becomes defunct when the only heir dies any son.
当唯一的继承人死去了之后没儿子,那这个姓就要绝迹了.
来自互联网
5. My November submission for the now defunct Monthly Character Exchange.
