moribund
/ˈmɒrɪbʌnd/adjective
1- (of a person) at the point of death（人）垂死的。
1.1
- (of a thing) in terminal decline; lacking vitality or vigour（物）行将灭亡的; 缺乏活力的：
the moribund commercial property market.
凋敝的商用房地产交易市场。
派生词
moribundity
noun词源
early 18th cent.: from Latin moribundus, from mori 'to die'.