Word
dilapidate
使破败；使失修
核心释义
To cause something to become ruined or to fall into disrepair.
- 1.
使变得破败或失修
To cause to become ruined or put into disrepair.
- 2.
挥霍或浪费
To squander or waste.
挥霍；浪费；使变得破败或失修；挥霍或浪费；(使)荒废；(使)毁坏
用法In use
Years of neglect dilapidated the once-grand mansion.
用法提示：dilapidated 是动词 dilapidate 的过去式，表示'使…破败、失修'，在此句中作及物动词。
Poor maintenance dilapidates the school's facilities.
用法提示：dilapidates 是动词 dilapidate 的第三人称单数现在式，表示'使…破败、失修'，在此句中作及物动词。
The old barn was dilapidated by the storm.
用法提示：was dilapidated 是动词 dilapidate 的被动语态过去式，表示'被…破败、失修'，在此句中作被动谓语。
dilapidate sth
及物动词，直接跟宾语，表示使某物荒废或毁坏。
The neglectful owner dilapidated the historic mansion.
疏忽的主人使历史豪宅荒废了。
be dilapidated
被动语态，强调状态。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- dilapidated building
- 破败的建筑
- The factory was a dilapidated building that had been abandoned for decades.那座工厂是一栋被遗弃了几十年的破败建筑。
- dilapidated house
- 失修的房屋
- They bought a dilapidated house and spent a year restoring it.他们买了一栋失修的房屋，花了一年时间翻新它。
- in a dilapidated state
- 处于破败状态
- After years of neglect, the historic library was in a dilapidated state.多年无人照管后，这座历史悠久的图书馆处于破败状态。
- dilapidate one's fortune
- 挥霍财产
- He dilapidated his fortune on reckless gambling.他把财产挥霍在了鲁莽的赌博上。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想“地拉皮”：老房子的墙皮被拉掉，变得破败失修——dilapidate就是使变成这样。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、literary texts 多用于正式或文学语境，表示使建筑等破败或浪费；日常口语中通常用 fall into disrepair 或 waste 来表达。
语法说明Grammar Note
该动词本身罕用，日常英语更常见其过去分词 dilapidated 作形容词，意为“破败的、失修的”。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
These -ate verbs share the spelling ending -ate and the unstressed final /eɪt/, but none rhymes exactly with dilapidate /dɪˈlæpɪdeɪt/, whose primary stress falls on the second syllable. Be careful with separate: the verb is /ˈsɛpəreɪt/, but the adjective is pronounced /ˈsɛpərət/.
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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