broken-down

英 [ˌbrəʊkən ˈdaʊn]

美 [ˌbroʊkən ˈdaʊn]

adj.  状况很差的; 出故障的; 衰弱的

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牛津词典

adj.

• 状况很差的；出故障的；衰弱的
  in a very bad condition; not working correctly; very tired and sick
  1. a broken-down old car/horse
     出了毛病的旧车；衰老的马

柯林斯词典

• ADJ （车辆或机器）出故障的，坏掉的
  Abroken-downvehicle or machine no longer works because it has something wrong with it.
  1. ...a broken-down car.
     出故障的汽车

英英释义

adj

• in deplorable condition
  1. a street of bedraggled tenements
  2. a broken-down fence
  3. a ramshackle old pier
  4. a tumble-down shack
  Synonym:bedraggledderelictdilapidatedramshackletatterdemaliontumble-down
• not in working order
  1. had to push the broken-down car
  2. a broken-down tractor fit only for children to play on

双语例句

• The broken-down car was taken in tow by a lorry.
  一辆卡车撞了摩托车。一辆卡车拉着一辆坏了的汽车。
• You can't take a broken-down car you're trying to sell and put two new doors on it and expect people not to think it's a lousy deal.
  你不可能拿着一辆老破车，给它安上两扇新门来卖，就指望人们不会认为这是一笔糟糕的交易。
• I saw a team of oxen hitched to a broken-down wagon.
  我看到几头牛套在一辆破车上。
• The road is completely blocked by a broken-down car.
  一辆汽车出了故障，整条路都被堵死了。
• Road works along the Beijing-Tibet Expressway have been exacerbated by traffic accidents and broken-down cars and traffic has backed up from the outskirts of Beijing all the way into Inner Mongolia.
  京藏高速公路沿线的道路施工状况已经因交通事故和毁损车辆而恶化。从北京外围地区到内蒙古的全程交通陷入瘫痪。
• The broken-down old house was not fit for human habitation.
  这座破烂的老房子不适合人居住。
• ( There is also no broken-down car, also useful for excuses.)
  （另外也找不到趴窝的汽车，那应该也是个好用的借口。）
• Have you take a look at your old, broken-down car recently?
  最近有检查你那部坏掉的老轿车吗？
• Having fallen into a state of disrepair or deterioration, as through neglect; broken-down and shabby.
  毁坏的，破旧的：因疏忽而失修或衰败的；残垣断壁的。
• Of course, part of her anger was the ignominy of being carried back to the compound in the shuttle by three Battloids, like some kind of broken-down commuter craft.
  当然了，她的愤怒有一部分来自被三个战斗机器人背回穿梭艇舱内的耻辱，而穿梭艇已成了一辆破破烂烂的通勤班车。