derelict是什么意思_derelict怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

worn and broken down by hard use;"a creaky shack"
"a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape"
"a flea-bitten sofa"
"a run-down neighborhood"
"a woebegone old shack"

forsaken by owner or inhabitants ;"weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse"

failing in what duty requires;"derelict (or delinquent) in his duty"
"neglectful of his duties"
"remiss of you not to pay your bills"

in deplorable condition;"a street of bedraggled tenements"
"a broken-down fence"
"a ramshackle old pier"
"a tumble-down shack"

中英词源

derelict 荒废的

de-, 向下，离开，-re, 向后，-lict, 留下，遗留，词源同delinquent, leave. 即留在后面的，荒废的。

derelict (adj.): 1640s, from Latin derelictus "solitary, deserted," past participle of dereliquere "to abandon, forsake, desert," from de- "entirely" + relinquere "leave behind" (see relinquish). Originally especially of vessels abandoned at sea or stranded on shore. As a noun, from 1660s.

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词态变化

复数 derelicts;

权威造句

1. Derelict inner - city sites could be sold off cheaply for housing.: 荒废的内城区可以廉价出售用来修建房屋.

2. The ship is derelict long.: 这只船废弃已久.

3. Her body was found dumped in a derelict warehouse less than a mile from her home.: 在距离她家不到一英里的一座废弃仓库里发现了她遭弃的尸体。

4. Last night I realized that I"d been both blind and derelict.: 昨天晚上我才发现自己既失职又有眼不识泰山.

5. No. 41 was almost derelict.: 四十一号则好象被人弃置.

近反义词

derelict in 疏忽 ... 的

derelict land 冲积地,弃耕地...

相似短语

derelict in 疏忽...的

be derelict of duty v. 不负责

derelict land 废的，冲积地

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