dilapidated

dilapidated

英 [dɪ'læpɪdeɪtɪd]
　　美

adj. 荒廢的，要塌似的；破壞的
　　v. 變得荒廢（dilapidate的過去分詞）

中文詞源：

dilapidated 破舊的

di-, 分開，散開，來自dis-變體。-lapis, 石頭，詞源同lapidary, lapis lazuli. 即石頭散開，引申義破敗的，破舊的。

例句：

1. A few horse-drawn carts still trundle through the dilapidated mining villages.
幾架馬車仍然在破落的礦村中曲折行進。

2. The house is very dilapidated but it has possibilities.
這房子已破舊不堪,但還可有利用的價值.

3. The building wore a dilapidated look.
這建築看起來要倒塌瞭.

4. The walls of the dilapidated shed lean outward.
那座破棚屋的墻向外傾.

5. The house is a little more dilapidated than when I last saw it.
那房子比我上次見到時更破舊瞭些。