dilapidate

英语

词源

源自拉丁語 dilapidātus，dilapidō (“用石头摧毁”)的过去分词，源自dis- (程度加强前缀) + lapidō (“用石头砸”)，源自lapis (“石头”)。

发音

• (英國，美國) 國際音標^(幫助): /dɪˈlæp.ɪ.deɪt/, /dəˈlæp.ə.deɪt/

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动词

dilapidate (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 dilapidates，現在分詞 dilapidating，一般過去時及過去分詞 dilapidated)

1. (及物) 摧毁，毁掉，弄坏，荒废
   • Template:RQ:Blackstone Commentaries

     If the bishop, parson, or vicar, etc., dilapidates the buildings, or cuts down the timber of the patrimony […]

   • 1883, George Bernard Shaw, An Unsocial Socialist, chapter VI

     In the last days of autumn he had whitewashed the chalet, painted the doors, windows, and veranda, repaired the roof and interior, and improved the place so much that the landlord had warned him that the rent would be raised at the expiration of his twelvemonth's tenancy, remarking that a tenant could not reasonably expect to have a pretty, rain-tight dwelling-house for the same money as a hardly habitable ruin. Smilash had immediately promised to dilapidate it to its former state at the end of the year.

2. (及物，比喻義) 浪费
   • 1692, Anthony Wood, Athenae Oxonienses

     The patrimony of the bishopric of Oxon was much dilapidated.

3. (不及物，古舊) 被毁，荒废，年久失修

相关词汇

• lapidate

意大利语

词源 1

动词

dilapidate

1. dilapidare 的屈折变化形式：
   1. 第二人稱複數現在時直陳式
   2. 第二人稱複數命令式

词源 2

分词

dilapidate f 複

1. dilapidato 的陰性複數

拉丁语

动词

dīlapidāte

1. dīlapidō 的第二人稱複數現在時主動態命令式

西班牙语

动词

dilapidate

1. dilapidar 的第二人稱單數voseo命令式與 te 的合詞