单词 | decrepit |
释义 | decrepit (dɪkrepɪt ) adjective 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. Synonyms: ruined, broken-down, battered, crumbling Collocations: decrepit house He returns to the house, now abandoned, and begins to live there in the empty, decrepit house. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 While eating a stew filled with human entrails, they accept his offer to sleep at the decrepit house, and manage to stay alive. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The video shows the band playing in a decrepit house. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He lived in a decrepit house in the poor section of town. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Agents across the country are witnessing extraordinary (in the current climate) bidding wars for decrepit houses. Times, Sunday Times Over the next five years, it needs to spend about $1 trillion revamping its decrepit infrastructure, ministers said last month. Times, Sunday Times Poor maintenance of decrepit infrastructure and a lack of diesel have been blamed for the latest shortages. Times, Sunday Times Looters had wrecked the decrepit infrastructure. Times, Sunday Times |
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