单词 | disrepair |
释义 | disrepairWord family noun repair disrepair adjective repairable irreparable verb repair adverb irreparably dis·re·pair /ˌdɪsrɪˈpeə $ -ˈper/ noun [uncountableU] TTRTBbuildings, roads etc that are in disrepair are in bad condition because they have not been cared for 〔建筑物、道路等的〕破败,失修 buildings allowed to fall into disrepair 任由其破败的建筑物 The castle is in a state of disrepair. 这座城堡破败不堪。 Examples from the Corpus disrepair• Half of its vehicles were in disrepair without replacement parts.• Many of the apartment buildings fell into disrepair from the 1950s on, some so badly that the city demolished them.• But it fell into disrepair earlier this century when the water dried up.• There was no evidence, however, that older material was necessarily in a greater state of disrepair than more modern publications.• I do not know which was the one whose state of disrepair forced the closure.• It loomed over the Angara River like a great rectangular tombstone, moldering toward oblivion in stunning disrepair.• She had heard enough from the Julians to recognise in the disrepair something of the troubles of the Dersinghams. in a state of disrepair• Our nation's schools are in a sorry state of disrepair.• Most of them were in states of disrepair. |
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