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单词 moribund
释义
moribundmor‧i‧bund /ˈmɒrəbʌnd $ ˈmɔː-, ˈmɑː-/ adjective Word Origin
WORD ORIGINmoribund
Origin:
1700-1800 Latin moribundus, from mori ‘to die’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • The Board is trying to stimulate the moribund economy.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • And with all of this expansion under way, companies have virtually no incentive to revive moribund refineries.
  • As seasons passed, the priest could account for only eleven baptized people, moribund infants all.
  • Not that there is anything moribund about her career.
  • With inflation apparently moribund, a big jump in rates seems unlikely.
1a moribund organization, industry etc is no longer active or effective and may be coming to an end:  The region’s heavy industry is still inefficient and moribund. A cut in interest rates will help the country’s moribund housing market.2literary slowly dying:  The patient was moribund by the time the doctor arrived.
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