decrepitude

英 [dɪˈkrepɪtjuːd]

美 [dɪˈkrepɪtuːd]

n.  衰老; 老朽; 破旧

BNC.38065 / COCA.33235

牛津词典

noun

• 衰老；老朽；破旧
  the state of being old and in poor condition or health

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 破旧;年久失修;衰老;老朽
  Decrepitudeis the state of being very old and in poor condition.
  1. The building had a general air of decrepitude and neglect.
     这座建筑看上去破旧失修，无人照管。

英英释义

noun

• a state of deterioration due to old age or long use
  Synonym:dilapidation

双语例句

• The Influence of the Nourishing Kidney and Qi Therapy ( NKQT) upon the Decrepitude Mesenchymal Stem Cells's Activity
  补肾益气法对衰老间充质干细胞活性的影响
• In the late stages of decrepitude and decay.
  处于枯衰腐朽的末期。
• This is not an appealing prospect, and people naturally prefer to avoid the subject of their decrepitude.
  前景并不是那么吸引人，人们自然而然地避免谈及老年这个话题。
• Traditional Chinese Medicine has abundant clinical experience and form theoretical system to postpone decrepitude, it emphasize that spleen is the root of after-birth and the source of qi and blood.
  中医学在延缓衰老的过程中，积累了丰富的临床经验，并形成了丰富的医学理论，中医学强调脾为后天之本、气血生化之源。
• This touches a point independent of senile decrepitude: we are finite beings and even if our vital functions continued unimpaired, there are limits to what our brains can store and keep adding to.
  这揭示了一个完全不同于衰老的问题：就算我们的心脏能永远健康地跳动，我们的大脑却不可能不停地往里装东西。
• The effects of Gastrodia elata on preventing decrepitude and advancing memory are closely associated with its neuroprotective activity.
  天麻抗衰老和促进学习记忆的作用与其神经保护作用密切相关。
• Vascular remodeling is a common phenomenon existed in the process of the organism/ s growth, development, decrepitude and cardiovascular disease.
  血管重建是机体在生长、发育和衰老以及心血管疾病过程中普遍存在的一种现象。
• Furthermore, they just show the result of gather and can't have a condition of skin's decrepitude, which is no directive sense to prevention and cure for skin's decrepitude, just provide some reference as assistant.
  而且，它们往往只是给出采集的数据结果，不能根据结果得到相应皮肤衰老的状况和治疗措施，对皮肤衰老的防治没有什么实际的指导意义，只能作为辅助设备提供一些参考。
• A natural regulation that the mankind can't resist is a decrepitude," old have to keep "is basic request of the each social member.
  人类不可抗拒的一个自然规律就是衰老，老有所养是每个社会成员的基本要求。
• What do the middleaged women need in order to maintain their youth and doomed decrepitude?
  什么是中年妇女的需要，以维持其青年和注定衰老？