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decrepit adj.破旧的；衰老的 (1) 我们淘汰了已经破烂不堪的旧校舍。(2) 这个老翁贫困潦倒。 Decrepit implies that something or someone is a weak, and run down — practically falling apart. It's really not a nice word to use about a person. If you are trying to say the same thing about a person, but more nicely, you might use the word, feeble, which means weak, but not disastrously falling apart.

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英 [dɪ'krepɪt] 美 [dɪ'krepɪt] (1) We fell the old antiquated and decrepit schoolhouse into disuse.(2) The decrepit old man led a poor life. That building falling down on the corner of your block? It's decrepit. So is the old man who lives there, if he is weak from age. Decrepit means broken down by hard use. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]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. 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。..a decrepit old man.年迈体衰的老人

英语单词	decrepit
英美音标	英 [dɪ'krepɪt] 美 [dɪ'krepɪt]
中文释义	adj.破旧的；衰老的
英语例句	(1) We fell the old antiquated and decrepit schoolhouse into disuse. (2) The decrepit old man led a poor life.
中文例句	(1) 我们淘汰了已经破烂不堪的旧校舍。 (2) 这个老翁贫困潦倒。
vocabulary简明	That building falling down on the corner of your block? It's decrepit. So is the old man who lives there, if he is weak from age. Decrepit means broken down by hard use.
vocabulary扩展	Decrepit implies that something or someone is a weak, and run down — practically falling apart. It's really not a nice word to use about a person. If you are trying to say the same thing about a person, but more nicely, you might use the word, feeble, which means weak, but not disastrously falling apart.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]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. 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。 ..a decrepit old man. 年迈体衰的老人

Decrepit Falling Man Means Weak 英 Dɪ'Krepɪt] 美 Dɪ'Krepɪt