剑桥高阶英汉双解词典 - derelict collapse

derelict
/'der.ə.lɪkt/
adjective
* describes buildings or places that are not cared for and are in bad condition
失修的，破旧的；废弃的

1. a derelict site
废弃的工地

2. The theatre has been left to stand/lie derelict.
该剧院一直处于废弃状态。

/'der.ə.lɪkt/
noun [C] formal
* a person who has no home or money and often lives outside
无家可归者，流浪汉

柯林斯COBUILD高阶英汉双解学习词典 - derelict collapse

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1.ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词破败的;弃置的;年久失修的 A place or building that is derelict is empty and in a bad state of repair because it has not been used or lived in for a long time.

  • 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。

2.N-COUNT 可数名词无家可归者;露宿街头者 A derelict is a person who has no home or job and who has to live on the streets.

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    牛津高阶英汉双解 第7版 - derelict collapse

    derelict
    dere·lict / 5derElikt / adjective   (especially of land or buildings 尤指土地或建筑物) not used or cared for and in bad condition
       荒废的；被弃置的；破旧的:
        derelict land / buildings / sites
       荒废的土地；被废弃的建筑物；破旧的遗址 noun   (formal) a person without a home, a job or property
       无家可归者；乞丐；社会弃儿:
       derelicts living on the streets
       流落街头的乞丐
       SYN  vagrant

    牛津搭配语词典 第2版 - derelict collapse

    derelict adj.

    • VERBS be, lie, look, seem, stand The land lay ~ for ten years. | become

    • ADVERB almost, virtually (esp. BrE)
    Derelict is used with these nouns: building, cottage, house, land, site, warehouse

    新牛津英语同义词词典 - derelict collapse

    derelict

    adjective
    1 a derelict old building
    DILAPIDATED , ramshackle, run down, broken-down, worn out, tumbledown, in (a state of) disrepair, in ruins, ruined, falling to pieces, falling apart; rickety, creaky, creaking, decrepit, deteriorating, crumbling, deteriorated; neglected, untended, unmaintained, gone to rack and ruin, gone to seed, on its last legs, the worse for wear.
    -opposite(s): IN GOOD REPAIR.

    2 a vast, derelict airfield
    DISUSED , abandoned, deserted, discarded, rejected, forsaken, cast off, relinquished, ownerless.
    -opposite(s): IN USE.

    3 (N. Amer.) he was derelict in his duty to his country
    NEGLIGENT , neglectful, remiss, lax, careless, sloppy, slipshod, slack, irresponsible, delinquent.
    -opposite(s): DUTIFUL, PUNCTILIOUS.

    noun
    the community of derelicts who survive on the capital's streets
    TRAMP , vagrant, vagabond, down and out, homeless person, drifter, person of no fixed address/abode, knight of the road; beggar, mendicant; outcast, pariah, ne'er do well, good-for-nothing, wastrel; informal dosser, bag lady; N. Amer. informal hobo, bum.

    词源记忆 - derelict collapse

    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。