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单词 dilapidate
释义 dilapidate
 —dilapidation,  n.   —dilapidator,  n.  
 /di lap"i dayt'/,  v.   dilapidated, dilapidating.
  v.t.  
  1. to cause or allow (a building, automobile, etc.) to fall into a state of disrepair, as by misuse or neglect (often used passively): The house had been dilapidated by neglect.
  2.  Archaic.   to squander; waste.
  v.i.  
  3. to fall into ruin or decay.
 [1560-70; < ML dilapidatus, ptp. of dilapidare to squander (cf. dilapidatio disrepair), L: to pelt with stones; see DI-2, LAPIDATE]
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