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

• Soybean phospholipid can strengthen memory ability and may have something to do with cells decrepitude and relax the consenescence caused by D-gallstone. 2.
  结论：1.大豆磷脂具有增强记忆和延缓衰老的作用，可以缓解或部分缓解由D-半乳糖对大鼠的致衰作用。
• Frequent exercising can defer the decrepitude.
  经常运动锻炼，可延缓衰老。
• Its 'activity decreased and tended to decrepitude.
  其活力明显下降，趋于衰老；
• 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。
• It can also slow decrepitude of the body and improve the ability of anti-oxidant and anti-ageing.
  可延缓机体的衰老，提高机体组织的抗氧化、抗衰老能力，预示着逆针灸在预防医学领域具有广阔的应用前景。
• A ladies'man given to vigorous wall-shaking, the writer turns a blind eye to the hotel's decrepitude even as he keeps its female guests fixed in his sights.
  当他保存它的在他视力中被修理的女性客人的时候，摇动墙壁的精力充沛的淑女给男人，作家更甚至将一个盲目的眼睛转向旅馆的衰老。
• The photosynthetic rate descend gradually because of the decrepitude of the leaf.
  后期由于叶子的衰老，光合速率逐渐下降。
• All four of them seemed to be standing at the four corners of old age, which are decrepitude, decay, ruin, and sadness.
  她们四个仿佛是在人生晚年的枯竭、凋残、衰颓、愁惨这四只角上，各占一角。
• It indicated that GCs could slow decrepitude and has effect of prevention and treatment of aged dementia, the mechanism of which may related with antioxidation.
  推测GCs可能是通过抗氧化机制起到延缓衰老和防治老年性痴呆的作用。
• 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。