dilapidate

英 [dɪ'læpɪdeɪt]

美 [dɪˈlæpɪˌdet]

v.(使)荒废；(使)毁坏

名词: dilapidation 过去式: dilapidated 过去分词: dilapidated 现在分词: dilapidating 第三人称单数: dilapidates

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dilapidate是什么意思

verb

1. fall into decay or ruin

e.g. The unoccupied house started to decay

Synonym: decaycrumble

2. bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin by neglect or misuse

1. 使部分毁坏,使破损：digress 离开本题 | dilapidate 使部分毁坏,使破损 | dilate 扩大

2. (使)荒废, (使部分)毁坏, 浪费：Babcock apparatus 巴布科克乳脂测定仪 | dilapidate (使)荒废, (使部分)毁坏, 浪费 | combine harvester 联合收割机

3. 荒废：Dilantin 苯妥英纳 | dilapidate 荒废 | dilapidated 毁坏的

4. 荒废(慢慢地倒了)：collapse 倒塌(一下子倒) | dilapidate 荒废(慢慢地倒了) | 19 labor 劳累地

A large and dilapidated pair of woman's shoes.
出自：J. Ruskin
The sagging dilapidated porch.
出自：J. Steinbeck
Dilapidated taxis.
出自：E. Mannin
You can bring new life to dilapidated and neglected woods.
出自：Practical Householder