derelict

英 [ˈderəlɪkt]

美 [ˈderəlɪkt]

adj.  荒废的; 被弃置的; 破旧的
n.  无家可归者; 乞丐; 社会弃儿

复数：derelicts　

IELTSGRETEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.8529 / COCA.18085

牛津词典

adj.

• 荒废的；被弃置的；破旧的
  not used or cared for and in bad condition
  1. derelict land/buildings/sites
     荒废的土地；被废弃的建筑物；破旧的遗址

noun

• 无家可归者；乞丐；社会弃儿
  a person without a home, a job or property
  1. derelicts living on the streets
     流落街头的乞丐

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 破败的;弃置的;年久失修的
  A place or building that isderelictis empty and in a bad state of repair because it has not been used or lived in for a long time.
  1. 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。
• 无家可归者;露宿街头者
  Aderelictis a person who has no home or job and who has to live on the streets.

英英释义

noun

• a ship abandoned on the high seas
  Synonym:abandoned ship
• a person without a home, job, or property

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:bedraggledbroken-downdilapidatedramshackletatterdemaliontumble-down
• failing in what duty requires
  1. derelict (or delinquent) in his duty
  2. neglectful of his duties
  3. remiss of you not to pay your bills
  Synonym:delinquentneglectfulremiss
• forsaken by owner or inhabitants
  1. weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse
  Synonym:abandoneddeserted
• worn and broken down by hard use
  1. a creaky shack
  2. a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape
  3. a flea-bitten sofa
  4. a run-down neighborhood
  5. a woebegone old shack
  Synonym:creakydecrepitflea-bittenrun-downwoebegone

双语例句

• Homeless people squatting in a derelict house.
  擅自居住在破败的空屋里的无家可归的人。
• I asked Pete to be frank with me and he told me of his life as a derelict.
  我要求皮特到法国和我一起，他告诉我他的生活就像流浪汉一样。
• When I first came here, the whole riverside was a derelict wasteland of crumbling docks, warehouses and factories.
  我刚到此地时，整个泰晤士河畔是块废弃地&拆得七零八落的码头、仓库以及工厂。
• The derelict farm would be plowed one last time, then sown with disappearing and all but unknown prairie seeds, and left to be.
  废弃的农场需要再耕一遍，然后撒上行将绝迹的和所有叫不上名字的草原种子，由它自由生长。
• Most of the interesting murderers come from derelict farms.
  大多数变态的杀人王都出自于废弃的农场。
• 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。
• I smiled at his witty words. Yes, S city is just an imagined city, created from my opinions about those big, modern but spiritually derelict cities.
  他的机智的话让我微笑：是的，S市的确是一个虚拟的城市，来源于我对所有的摩登但是冷漠的大城市的印象。
• On the shore children still play, and fishermen drop anchor nearby, but the hulks of derelict hotels stand vacant.
  海滨，孩子们依然在玩，而渔民已经在附近抛下了锚，但是被抛弃的旅馆的废壳空空的矗立在那儿。
• 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。
• A most vile and derelict boy you must be to know so much of knavery aboard a boat such as this.
  一个最卑鄙的被遗弃的男孩，应该很清楚在这样一艘船上的流氓行为。