dilapidation
US // (dɪˌlæpɪˈdeɪʃən) //
失修,残破,破旧,残破不堪
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n.名词 noun
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- : the state of being or becoming dilapidated
- : property law the state of disrepair of premises at the end of a tenancy due to neglectthe extent of repairs necessary to such premises
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Examples
The ruins of Loglukabad are in an advanced state of dilapidation, and do not repay the trouble of a journey of seven miles.
The sun was streaming in through the little window, revealing the dust and the dilapidation of this lodging.
The museum contains much that, in its removal here or dilapidation, has lost nearly all its interest.
From the river itself the blackness, the squalor, the apparent dilapidation, of these Tyneside towns are not so conspicuous.
Day by day I watched, with a secret joy, the rapid progress of this work of dilapidation.
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