Definition of dereliction in English:

dereliction

noun dɛrəˈlɪkʃ(ə)nˌdɛrəˈlɪkʃ(ə)n

mass noun

1The state of having been abandoned and become dilapidated.
废弃，遗弃
a 15th-century farmhouse has been saved from dereliction
一座15世纪的农舍免遭废弃。
Example sentencesExamples
- Why do we need more retail developments when there are so many properties in the town centre which are empty and have been allowed to fall into a state of neglect and dereliction?
- There would have been no poll tax, race riots, rail privatisation and less industrial dereliction.
- This process also has its downside, such as low wages for supermarket workers, and unemployment and dereliction in some areas.
- Ten years later when the scientists moved on, the wooden building was left empty, gradually falling into dereliction.
- The scheme will help to address the increasing problems of dereliction and neglect in many rural towns because of rising levels of migration away from rural town areas.
- The public think this centre has closed and I can understand why - it's been allowed to fall into a state of dereliction.
- However, the figures are still dwarfed by the huge scale of the problem of urban dereliction and blight in the area.
- Following a lengthy period of dereliction it has now developed into a most attractive street once again.
- The business park will help regenerate this area disadvantaged by years of industrial decay and dereliction.
- This means that an annual levy amounting to three per cent of the valuation of the properties will be imposed on the owners until the site is removed from dereliction.
- But conservative estimates suggested the new owners would have to spend at least the same amount again on the property to save it from dereliction.
- Everyone in the village contributed what they could to save their church from dereliction.
- When it closed the canal was seen as a dirty, decaying relic of an industrial past, and it sank into decay and dereliction.
- Whatever the refurbishment cost the building cannot, must not, become another infamous centre of dereliction.
- Litter on our streets, anti-social behaviour, dereliction - we all know what is wrong with our town.
- At first he was turned down - the Commission said no-one would want to come to such a scene of industrial dereliction.
- There is a real sense of dereliction around the place.
- The scheme was designed to enhance the core areas of smaller towns and villages by eliminating dereliction but flaws in the scheme have resulted in nothing happening.
- Around 140 luxury homes are being built around the course as part of a deal to save one of Ireland's great stately homes from dereliction.
- The press release announcing the new scheme stated that its purpose was to combat dereliction in these urban areas and to relieve the pressure on housing supply.
Synonyms
dilapidation, disrepair, decrepitude, deterioration, ruin, rack and ruin
abandonment, neglect, disuse, desertion, rejection, forsaking
2dereliction of dutyThe shameful failure to fulfil one's obligations.
玩忽职守，失职
the prosecution team were guilty of dereliction of duty for failing to disclose evidence
count noun a gross dereliction of duty by the Secretary of State
Example sentencesExamples
- But nobody could accuse her of dereliction of duty.
- He's charged with maltreating detainees, conspiracy to maltreat detainees, dereliction of duty and indecency.
- He did not, however, specify the charges, which include maltreating detainees and dereliction of duty.
- However, he wasn't speaking to her because of this dereliction of duty; he was asked to talk to her because of something far more macabre.
- Meanwhile, the procurator also launched another investigation into local police and other staff at the asylum for suspected dereliction of duty.
- The charges include conspiracy, dereliction of duty, cruelty, maltreatment, assault and indecent acts with another.
- She was found guilty of dereliction of duty and accused of concealing a past shoplifting arrest, the army added.
- However, at a meeting yesterday, the board concluded that none of the authority's staff or management was guilty of dereliction of duty.
- After the tragedy, two officials from the centre were accused of dereliction of duty and they each received prison sentences of six and a half years.
- For some reason no one wanted to hire a pilot who had been found guilty of gross negligence and dereliction of duty following the destruction of his ship.
- Ministers resigned even if caught in an unbecoming controversy suggesting dereliction of duty, attracting public accountability even if without fault.
- They've dropped the cowardice charges but he's going to be charged with dereliction of duty.
- Investigators concluded that 18 soldiers committed war crimes ranging from murder and assault to dereliction of duty.
- And the charges he faces right now include assault, maltreatment, indecent acts, dereliction of duty, and conspiracy.
- They were subsequently charged with dereliction of duty, assault and other offenses.
- Her husband faces possible court martial for dereliction of duty, cruelty and maltreatment and conspiracy.
- Couldn't you be accused of dereliction of duty?
- It would be the gravest dereliction of duty to wait until we have suffered a terrorist outrage and then respond after the event.
- No policeman was punished for this gross dereliction of duty.
- Sixteen police officers were reprimanded for dereliction of duty and the Interior Ministry criticised the police for failing to catch the suspects after the first crime.
Synonyms
negligence, neglect, neglectfulness, delinquency, failure, non-performance
carelessness, remissness, lack of care, laxity, laxness, sloppiness, slackness, irresponsibility, oversight, omission
misconduct, unprofessionalism
informal slip-up

Origin

Late 16th century: from Latin derelictio(n-), from the verb derelinquere (see derelict).

Rhymes

addiction, affliction, benediction, constriction, conviction, crucifixion, depiction, diction, eviction, fiction, friction, infliction, interdiction, jurisdiction, malediction, restriction, transfixion, valediction

Definition of dereliction in US English:

dereliction

nounˌderəˈlikSH(ə)nˌdɛrəˈlɪkʃ(ə)n

1The state of having been abandoned and become dilapidated.
废弃，遗弃
every year valuable gardens start the slow slide to dereliction
Example sentencesExamples
- The public think this centre has closed and I can understand why - it's been allowed to fall into a state of dereliction.
- The business park will help regenerate this area disadvantaged by years of industrial decay and dereliction.
- There is a real sense of dereliction around the place.
- This means that an annual levy amounting to three per cent of the valuation of the properties will be imposed on the owners until the site is removed from dereliction.
- Following a lengthy period of dereliction it has now developed into a most attractive street once again.
- Litter on our streets, anti-social behaviour, dereliction - we all know what is wrong with our town.
- At first he was turned down - the Commission said no-one would want to come to such a scene of industrial dereliction.
- The scheme was designed to enhance the core areas of smaller towns and villages by eliminating dereliction but flaws in the scheme have resulted in nothing happening.
- The scheme will help to address the increasing problems of dereliction and neglect in many rural towns because of rising levels of migration away from rural town areas.
- When it closed the canal was seen as a dirty, decaying relic of an industrial past, and it sank into decay and dereliction.
- However, the figures are still dwarfed by the huge scale of the problem of urban dereliction and blight in the area.
- Everyone in the village contributed what they could to save their church from dereliction.
- There would have been no poll tax, race riots, rail privatisation and less industrial dereliction.
- Why do we need more retail developments when there are so many properties in the town centre which are empty and have been allowed to fall into a state of neglect and dereliction?
- But conservative estimates suggested the new owners would have to spend at least the same amount again on the property to save it from dereliction.
- Whatever the refurbishment cost the building cannot, must not, become another infamous centre of dereliction.
- Ten years later when the scientists moved on, the wooden building was left empty, gradually falling into dereliction.
- This process also has its downside, such as low wages for supermarket workers, and unemployment and dereliction in some areas.
- The press release announcing the new scheme stated that its purpose was to combat dereliction in these urban areas and to relieve the pressure on housing supply.
- Around 140 luxury homes are being built around the course as part of a deal to save one of Ireland's great stately homes from dereliction.
Synonyms
dilapidation, disrepair, decrepitude, deterioration, ruin, rack and ruin
1. 1.1usually dereliction of duty The shameful failure to fulfill one's obligations.
  玩忽职守，失职
  Example sentencesExamples
  He's charged with maltreating detainees, conspiracy to maltreat detainees, dereliction of duty and indecency.
  And the charges he faces right now include assault, maltreatment, indecent acts, dereliction of duty, and conspiracy.
  They were subsequently charged with dereliction of duty, assault and other offenses.
  She was found guilty of dereliction of duty and accused of concealing a past shoplifting arrest, the army added.
  Ministers resigned even if caught in an unbecoming controversy suggesting dereliction of duty, attracting public accountability even if without fault.
  It would be the gravest dereliction of duty to wait until we have suffered a terrorist outrage and then respond after the event.
  After the tragedy, two officials from the centre were accused of dereliction of duty and they each received prison sentences of six and a half years.
  Meanwhile, the procurator also launched another investigation into local police and other staff at the asylum for suspected dereliction of duty.
  However, at a meeting yesterday, the board concluded that none of the authority's staff or management was guilty of dereliction of duty.
  But nobody could accuse her of dereliction of duty.
  The charges include conspiracy, dereliction of duty, cruelty, maltreatment, assault and indecent acts with another.
  Her husband faces possible court martial for dereliction of duty, cruelty and maltreatment and conspiracy.
  Investigators concluded that 18 soldiers committed war crimes ranging from murder and assault to dereliction of duty.
  Sixteen police officers were reprimanded for dereliction of duty and the Interior Ministry criticised the police for failing to catch the suspects after the first crime.
  Couldn't you be accused of dereliction of duty?
  They've dropped the cowardice charges but he's going to be charged with dereliction of duty.
  No policeman was punished for this gross dereliction of duty.
  He did not, however, specify the charges, which include maltreating detainees and dereliction of duty.
  For some reason no one wanted to hire a pilot who had been found guilty of gross negligence and dereliction of duty following the destruction of his ship.
  However, he wasn't speaking to her because of this dereliction of duty; he was asked to talk to her because of something far more macabre.
  Synonyms
  negligence, neglect, neglectfulness, delinquency, failure, non-performance

Origin

Late 16th century: from Latin derelictio(n-), from the verb derelinquere (see derelict).

单词	dereliction
释义	Definition of dereliction in English: dereliction noun dɛrəˈlɪkʃ(ə)nˌdɛrəˈlɪkʃ(ə)n mass noun 1The state of having been abandoned and become dilapidated. 废弃，遗弃 a 15th-century farmhouse has been saved from dereliction 一座15世纪的农舍免遭废弃。 Example sentencesExamples Why do we need more retail developments when there are so many properties in the town centre which are empty and have been allowed to fall into a state of neglect and dereliction? There would have been no poll tax, race riots, rail privatisation and less industrial dereliction. This process also has its downside, such as low wages for supermarket workers, and unemployment and dereliction in some areas. Ten years later when the scientists moved on, the wooden building was left empty, gradually falling into dereliction. The scheme will help to address the increasing problems of dereliction and neglect in many rural towns because of rising levels of migration away from rural town areas. The public think this centre has closed and I can understand why - it's been allowed to fall into a state of dereliction. However, the figures are still dwarfed by the huge scale of the problem of urban dereliction and blight in the area. Following a lengthy period of dereliction it has now developed into a most attractive street once again. The business park will help regenerate this area disadvantaged by years of industrial decay and dereliction. This means that an annual levy amounting to three per cent of the valuation of the properties will be imposed on the owners until the site is removed from dereliction. But conservative estimates suggested the new owners would have to spend at least the same amount again on the property to save it from dereliction. Everyone in the village contributed what they could to save their church from dereliction. When it closed the canal was seen as a dirty, decaying relic of an industrial past, and it sank into decay and dereliction. Whatever the refurbishment cost the building cannot, must not, become another infamous centre of dereliction. Litter on our streets, anti-social behaviour, dereliction - we all know what is wrong with our town. At first he was turned down - the Commission said no-one would want to come to such a scene of industrial dereliction. There is a real sense of dereliction around the place. The scheme was designed to enhance the core areas of smaller towns and villages by eliminating dereliction but flaws in the scheme have resulted in nothing happening. Around 140 luxury homes are being built around the course as part of a deal to save one of Ireland's great stately homes from dereliction. The press release announcing the new scheme stated that its purpose was to combat dereliction in these urban areas and to relieve the pressure on housing supply. Synonyms dilapidation, disrepair, decrepitude, deterioration, ruin, rack and ruin abandonment, neglect, disuse, desertion, rejection, forsaking 2dereliction of dutyThe shameful failure to fulfil one's obligations. 玩忽职守，失职 the prosecution team were guilty of dereliction of duty for failing to disclose evidence count noun a gross dereliction of duty by the Secretary of State Example sentencesExamples But nobody could accuse her of dereliction of duty. He's charged with maltreating detainees, conspiracy to maltreat detainees, dereliction of duty and indecency. He did not, however, specify the charges, which include maltreating detainees and dereliction of duty. However, he wasn't speaking to her because of this dereliction of duty; he was asked to talk to her because of something far more macabre. Meanwhile, the procurator also launched another investigation into local police and other staff at the asylum for suspected dereliction of duty. The charges include conspiracy, dereliction of duty, cruelty, maltreatment, assault and indecent acts with another. She was found guilty of dereliction of duty and accused of concealing a past shoplifting arrest, the army added. However, at a meeting yesterday, the board concluded that none of the authority's staff or management was guilty of dereliction of duty. After the tragedy, two officials from the centre were accused of dereliction of duty and they each received prison sentences of six and a half years. For some reason no one wanted to hire a pilot who had been found guilty of gross negligence and dereliction of duty following the destruction of his ship. Ministers resigned even if caught in an unbecoming controversy suggesting dereliction of duty, attracting public accountability even if without fault. They've dropped the cowardice charges but he's going to be charged with dereliction of duty. Investigators concluded that 18 soldiers committed war crimes ranging from murder and assault to dereliction of duty. And the charges he faces right now include assault, maltreatment, indecent acts, dereliction of duty, and conspiracy. They were subsequently charged with dereliction of duty, assault and other offenses. Her husband faces possible court martial for dereliction of duty, cruelty and maltreatment and conspiracy. Couldn't you be accused of dereliction of duty? It would be the gravest dereliction of duty to wait until we have suffered a terrorist outrage and then respond after the event. No policeman was punished for this gross dereliction of duty. Sixteen police officers were reprimanded for dereliction of duty and the Interior Ministry criticised the police for failing to catch the suspects after the first crime. Synonyms negligence, neglect, neglectfulness, delinquency, failure, non-performance carelessness, remissness, lack of care, laxity, laxness, sloppiness, slackness, irresponsibility, oversight, omission misconduct, unprofessionalism informal slip-up Origin Late 16th century: from Latin derelictio(n-), from the verb derelinquere (see derelict). Rhymes addiction, affliction, benediction, constriction, conviction, crucifixion, depiction, diction, eviction, fiction, friction, infliction, interdiction, jurisdiction, malediction, restriction, transfixion, valediction Definition of dereliction in US English: dereliction nounˌderəˈlikSH(ə)nˌdɛrəˈlɪkʃ(ə)n 1The state of having been abandoned and become dilapidated. 废弃，遗弃 every year valuable gardens start the slow slide to dereliction Example sentencesExamples The public think this centre has closed and I can understand why - it's been allowed to fall into a state of dereliction. The business park will help regenerate this area disadvantaged by years of industrial decay and dereliction. There is a real sense of dereliction around the place. This means that an annual levy amounting to three per cent of the valuation of the properties will be imposed on the owners until the site is removed from dereliction. Following a lengthy period of dereliction it has now developed into a most attractive street once again. Litter on our streets, anti-social behaviour, dereliction - we all know what is wrong with our town. At first he was turned down - the Commission said no-one would want to come to such a scene of industrial dereliction. The scheme was designed to enhance the core areas of smaller towns and villages by eliminating dereliction but flaws in the scheme have resulted in nothing happening. The scheme will help to address the increasing problems of dereliction and neglect in many rural towns because of rising levels of migration away from rural town areas. When it closed the canal was seen as a dirty, decaying relic of an industrial past, and it sank into decay and dereliction. However, the figures are still dwarfed by the huge scale of the problem of urban dereliction and blight in the area. Everyone in the village contributed what they could to save their church from dereliction. There would have been no poll tax, race riots, rail privatisation and less industrial dereliction. Why do we need more retail developments when there are so many properties in the town centre which are empty and have been allowed to fall into a state of neglect and dereliction? But conservative estimates suggested the new owners would have to spend at least the same amount again on the property to save it from dereliction. Whatever the refurbishment cost the building cannot, must not, become another infamous centre of dereliction. Ten years later when the scientists moved on, the wooden building was left empty, gradually falling into dereliction. This process also has its downside, such as low wages for supermarket workers, and unemployment and dereliction in some areas. The press release announcing the new scheme stated that its purpose was to combat dereliction in these urban areas and to relieve the pressure on housing supply. Around 140 luxury homes are being built around the course as part of a deal to save one of Ireland's great stately homes from dereliction. Synonyms dilapidation, disrepair, decrepitude, deterioration, ruin, rack and ruin 1.1usually dereliction of duty The shameful failure to fulfill one's obligations. 玩忽职守，失职 Example sentencesExamples He's charged with maltreating detainees, conspiracy to maltreat detainees, dereliction of duty and indecency. And the charges he faces right now include assault, maltreatment, indecent acts, dereliction of duty, and conspiracy. They were subsequently charged with dereliction of duty, assault and other offenses. She was found guilty of dereliction of duty and accused of concealing a past shoplifting arrest, the army added. Ministers resigned even if caught in an unbecoming controversy suggesting dereliction of duty, attracting public accountability even if without fault. It would be the gravest dereliction of duty to wait until we have suffered a terrorist outrage and then respond after the event. After the tragedy, two officials from the centre were accused of dereliction of duty and they each received prison sentences of six and a half years. Meanwhile, the procurator also launched another investigation into local police and other staff at the asylum for suspected dereliction of duty. However, at a meeting yesterday, the board concluded that none of the authority's staff or management was guilty of dereliction of duty. But nobody could accuse her of dereliction of duty. The charges include conspiracy, dereliction of duty, cruelty, maltreatment, assault and indecent acts with another. Her husband faces possible court martial for dereliction of duty, cruelty and maltreatment and conspiracy. Investigators concluded that 18 soldiers committed war crimes ranging from murder and assault to dereliction of duty. Sixteen police officers were reprimanded for dereliction of duty and the Interior Ministry criticised the police for failing to catch the suspects after the first crime. Couldn't you be accused of dereliction of duty? They've dropped the cowardice charges but he's going to be charged with dereliction of duty. No policeman was punished for this gross dereliction of duty. He did not, however, specify the charges, which include maltreating detainees and dereliction of duty. For some reason no one wanted to hire a pilot who had been found guilty of gross negligence and dereliction of duty following the destruction of his ship. However, he wasn't speaking to her because of this dereliction of duty; he was asked to talk to her because of something far more macabre. Synonyms negligence, neglect, neglectfulness, delinquency, failure, non-performance Origin Late 16th century: from Latin derelictio(n-), from the verb derelinquere (see derelict).
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