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dilapidation

US // (dɪˌlæpɪˈdeɪʃən) //

失修,残破,破旧,残破不堪

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : 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.