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dilapidated

英 [dɪ'læpɪdeɪtɪd] 美

adj. 荒废的，要塌似的；破坏的
v. 变得荒废（dilapidate的过去分词）

中文词源

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。

英文词源

dilapidated (adj.): "in ruins, broken down," 1806, past participle adjective from dilapidate.

双语例句

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。