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

• Golgi complexes and centrosomes were especially rich in the cells treated with AMB and they did not show much decrepitude although the cells have aged.
  特别是黄芪组细胞之高尔基复合体、中心体特别发达，虽细胞已衰老而它们却不甚衰老。
• 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。
• As he grew older, he realized that he was beginning to slide into physical, decrepitude.
  随着年事渐高，他意识到身体已开始慢慢地衰朽下去。
• The effects of Gastrodia elata on preventing decrepitude and advancing memory are closely associated with its neuroprotective activity.
  天麻抗衰老和促进学习记忆的作用与其神经保护作用密切相关。
• The results indicate that decrepitude of apple can be induced by DOP.
  结果表明，DOP对富士苹果衰老有显著的诱导作用；
• 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。
• Therefore, researching the relationship between spleen deficiency and decrepitude and investigating its effective mechanism have most important realistic significance in the course of medical practice to postpone decrepitude.
  因此，深入研究脾虚与衰老的关系，进一步明确其作用机制，在延缓衰老的医学实践中无疑有极为重要的现实意义。
• The grace of her age was still struggling against the hideous, premature decrepitude of debauchery and poverty.
  青春的风采也仍在跟堕落与贫苦所招致的老丑作斗争。
• But excessive free radicals inside the human body can cause cell and organization organ hurt, result in various disease and accelerate body decrepitude.
  人体内过多的自由基，可导致细胞和组织器官损伤、诱发各种疾病、加速机体衰老。
• A natural regulation that the mankind can't resist is a decrepitude," old have to keep "is basic request of the each social member.
  人类不可抗拒的一个自然规律就是衰老，老有所养是每个社会成员的基本要求。