dilapidate[di'læpideit]

• vt.
  • (如由于使用不当或缺乏保养)使(部分)破损(或破掉、破败、坍毁)；使倾坍[常用被动语态]：

    The building had been dilapidated by neglect.

    这座大楼因失修而圮毁。

  • [古语]挥霍掉，乱花(钱财)，浪费：

    His sons have dilapidated the estate.

    他的儿子们已把财产挥霍殆尽。

• vi.
  • 变得荒废(或破烂)，破损；倾坍：

    The garden has dilapidated through years of neglect.

    这座花园因年久失修而荒废。

• 变形:

  vt.dilapidated.dilapidating