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单词 disrepair
释义
disrepairdis‧re‧pair /ˌdɪsrɪˈpeə $ -ˈper/ noun [uncountable] Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • But it fell into disrepair earlier this century when the water dried up.
  • Half of its vehicles were in disrepair without replacement parts.
  • I do not know which was the one whose state of disrepair forced the closure.
  • It loomed over the Angara River like a great rectangular tombstone, moldering toward oblivion in stunning disrepair.
  • Many of the apartment buildings fell into disrepair from the 1950s on, some so badly that the city demolished them.
  • She had heard enough from the Julians to recognise in the disrepair something of the troubles of the Dersinghams.
  • There was no evidence, however, that older material was necessarily in a greater state of disrepair than more modern publications.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorto get into bad condition
if a building, structure, or machine falls into disrepair , its condition gradually becomes worse because no one looks after it: · Dave and Sally couldn't afford to get anything done to the house and it fell into disrepair.· Standing in the fields were pieces of farm machinery that had long since fallen into disrepair.
if something goes to rack and ruin , its condition gets worse and worse and no one tries to repair it until it becomes impossible to save or repair: let something go to rack and ruin: · He's let his father's old house go to rack and ruin.· It seems that the government is prepared to let all our hospitals and schools go to rack and ruin.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
 buildings allowed to fall into disrepair
 The castle is in a state of disrepair.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB
· But it fell into disrepair earlier this century when the water dried up.· Many of the apartment buildings fell into disrepair from the 1950s on, some so badly that the city demolished them.· The craft was used to service and repair seaplanes in the nineteen thirties, but fell into disrepair.· By the time Derek Dashwood first saw it as a young boy in 1952, it was falling into disrepair.· Buildings clearly fell gradually into disrepair, while the fourth-century mausoleum points to a shift in emphasis in at least one area.· The missions quickly fell into disrepair.· The seed for some was sown while doing voluntary repair work on church buildings which had fallen into disrepair.· The innovation brought only mixed success, and the small telescope has now fallen into disrepair.
Word family
WORD FAMILYnounrepairdisrepairadjectiverepairableirreparableverbrepairadverbirreparably
buildings, roads etc that are in disrepair are in bad condition because they have not been cared for:  buildings allowed to fall into disrepair The castle is in a state of disrepair.
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