de·funct
adjective/dɪˈfʌŋkt/
/dɪˈfʌŋkt/
(formal)- no longer existing, operating or being used
已灭绝的；不再起作用的；不再使用的 - a largely defunct railway network
基本上已经不复存在的铁路网络
Extra Examples- He wrote many articles for the now sadly defunct newspaper, the Daily Correspondent.
他以前给《每日通讯》写过许多文章，可惜这份报纸现在已经停刊了。 - The LP was made defunct by the arrival of the CD.
激光唱盘的出现使得密纹唱片过时了。 - These machines are now considered defunct.
这些机器现在被认为失效了。 - the ruined buildings of a long defunct mine
废弃已久的矿上的荒废建筑
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- make something
- …
- almost
- largely
- sadly
- …
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘deceased’): from Latin defunctus ‘dead’, past participle of defungi ‘carry out, finish’, from de- (expressing reversal) + fungi ‘perform’. - a largely defunct railway network