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

• Traditional Chinese Medicine has abundant clinical experience and form theoretical system to postpone decrepitude, it emphasize that spleen is the root of after-birth and the source of qi and blood.
  中医学在延缓衰老的过程中，积累了丰富的临床经验，并形成了丰富的医学理论，中医学强调脾为后天之本、气血生化之源。
• 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。
• Frequent exercising can defer the decrepitude.
  经常运动锻炼，可延缓衰老。
• Don't sit up in the not real world, reality of you will in the middle of sitting up decrepitude, ample sleep will make you younger and beautiful.
  不要熬夜在不真实的世界里，现实的你会在熬夜中衰老，充足的睡眠会让你更年轻漂亮。
• This is not an appealing prospect, and people naturally prefer to avoid the subject of their decrepitude.
  前景并不是那么吸引人，人们自然而然地避免谈及老年这个话题。
• 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。
• 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
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。