derelict的意思

基本释义

• adj 被抛弃的

  a derelict building or piece of land is in very bad condition because it has not been used for a long time

例句

1. Her body was found dumped in a derelict warehouse less than a mile from her home.

   她的尸体被发现丢在离她家不到一英里的一座废弃的仓库里。

近义词

英英释义

noun 1. a ship abandoned on the high seas Synonym: abandoned ship 2. a person without a home, job, or property adj 1. in deplorable condition e.g. a street of bedraggled tenements a broken-down fence a ramshackle old pier a tumble-down shack Synonym: bedraggledbroken-downdilapidatedramshackletatterdemaliontumble-down 2. failing in what duty requires e.g. derelict (or delinquent) in his duty neglectful of his duties remiss of you not to pay your bills Synonym: delinquent, neglectful, remiss 3. forsaken by owner or inhabitants e.g. weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse Synonym: abandoneddeserted 4. worn and broken down by hard use e.g. a creaky shack a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape a flea-bitten sofa a run-down neighborhood a woebegone old shack Synonym: creakydecrepitflea-bittenrun-downwoebegone

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