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 building had a general air of decrepitude and neglect.
这座建筑看上去破旧失修，无人照管。
In the late stages of decrepitude and decay.
处于枯衰腐朽的末期。
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。
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？
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。
From the above data, tea have the power to improve immunity and to resist decrepitude.
由此可以看出，茶叶能够起到提高免疫力，抗衰老的功效。
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
There was a certain relativity between SOD activity, CAT activity and membrane leakage, MDA content, O2 ·-content, but the relativity of POD activity and the chayote fruits 'decrepitude was not obvious.
SOD和CAT活性与细胞膜透性、MDA和O2.-含量表现出一定的相关性，而POD活性与佛手瓜成熟衰老相关性不明显。
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。
SOD is superoxide dismutase, it can clear away excessive O2 which is produced during the course of organism supersession, it can prevent disease and delay the decrepitude of human body.
超氧化歧化酶（SOD）能清除机体代谢过程中产生的过多的氧自由基，可预防疾病和延缓人体衰老。