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defunct adj.死的；不能使用的；非现存的；失效的n.死者 (1) 当唯一的继承人死去了之后没儿子，那这个姓就要绝迹了。(2) 这是一个解散了的政治组织。 Although defunct comes from the Latin word defunctus meaning "dead," it's not usually used to describe a person who's no longer with us, but rather institutions, projects, companies and political parties — you know, the boring stuff. Keep digging and you'll find that defunctus comes from defungi, meaning, "to finish," which is closer to how it's used today. Defunct can also refer to a rule or law that's no longer used or has become inactive, like prohibition.

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英 [dɪ'fʌŋkt] 美 [dɪ'fʌŋkt] (1) A family name becomes defunct when the only heir dies without any son.(2) It is a defunct political organization. Defunct describes something that used to exist, but is now gone. A magazine that no longer publishes, like Sassy, the girl-power mag from the '90s, is defunct, for example. 1[ADJ 形容词]不再存在的；停止运转的；坏了的 If something is defunct, it no longer exists or has stopped functioning or operating. ...the leader of the now defunct Social Democratic Party...现已不复存在的社会民主党的领导人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。

英语单词	defunct
英美音标	英 [dɪ'fʌŋkt] 美 [dɪ'fʌŋkt]
中文释义	adj.死的；不能使用的；非现存的；失效的 n.死者
英语例句	(1) A family name becomes defunct when the only heir dies without any son. (2) It is a defunct political organization.
中文例句	(1) 当唯一的继承人死去了之后没儿子，那这个姓就要绝迹了。 (2) 这是一个解散了的政治组织。
vocabulary简明	Defunct describes something that used to exist, but is now gone. A magazine that no longer publishes, like Sassy, the girl-power mag from the '90s, is defunct, for example.
vocabulary扩展	Although defunct comes from the Latin word defunctus meaning "dead," it's not usually used to describe a person who's no longer with us, but rather institutions, projects, companies and political parties — you know, the boring stuff. Keep digging and you'll find that defunctus comes from defungi, meaning, "to finish," which is closer to how it's used today. Defunct can also refer to a rule or law that's no longer used or has become inactive, like prohibition.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ 形容词]不再存在的；停止运转的；坏了的 If something is defunct, it no longer exists or has stopped functioning or operating. ...the leader of the now defunct Social Democratic Party... 现已不复存在的社会民主党的领导人 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。

Defunct Longer Political Defunctus 英 Dɪ'Fʌŋkt] 美 Dɪ'Fʌŋkt Adj.死的；不能使用的；非现存的；失效的