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dilapidate 音标拼音: [dəl'æpəd ,et]
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vt. (使)荒废,(使)毁坏 (使)荒废,(使)毁坏 dilapidate v 1: bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin by neglect or misuse 2: fall into decay or ruin; " The unoccupied house started to decay" [ synonym: { decay}, { crumble}, { dilapidate}] Dilapidate \ Di* lap" i* date\, v. i. To get out of repair; to fall into partial ruin; to become decayed; as, the church was suffered to dilapidate. -- Johnson. [ 1913 Webster]
Dilapidate \ Di* lap" i* date\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Dilapidated}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Dilapidating}.] [ L. dilapidare to scatter like stones; di- = dis- lapidare to throw stones, fr. lapis a stone. See { Lapidary}.] 1. To bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin, by misuse or through neglect; to destroy the fairness and good condition of; -- said of a building. [ 1913 Webster] If the bishop, parson, or vicar, etc., dilapidates the buildings, or cuts down the timber of the patrimony. -- Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To impair by waste and abuse; to squander. [ 1913 Webster] The patrimony of the bishopric of Oxon was much dilapidated. -- Wood. [ 1913 Webster]
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