derelict
英 ['derəlɪkt]
美['dɛrəlɪkt]
- adj. 玩忽职守的；无主的；被抛弃了的
- n. 遗弃物；玩忽职守者；被遗弃的人
中文词源
derelict 荒废的
de-, 向下，离开，-re, 向后，-lict, 留下，遗留，词源同delinquent, leave. 即留在后面的，荒废的。
词态变化
复数: derelicts;
双语例句
- 1. Derelict inner - city sites could be sold off cheaply for housing.
- 荒废的内城区可以廉价出售用来修建房屋.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. The ship is derelict long.
- 这只船废弃已久.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. Her body was found dumped in a derelict warehouse less than a mile from her home.
- 在距离她家不到一英里的一座废弃仓库里发现了她遭弃的尸体。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Last night I realized that I'd been both blind and derelict.
- 昨天晚上我才发现自己既失职又有眼不识泰山.
来自辞典例句
- 5. No. 41 was almost derelict.
- 四十一号则好象被人弃置.
来自辞典例句
英文词源
- derelict (adj.)
- 1640s, from Latin derelictus "solitary, deserted," past participle of dereliquere "to abandon, forsake, desert," from de- "entirely" + relinquere "leave behind" (see relinquish). Originally especially of vessels abandoned at sea or stranded on shore. As a noun, from 1660s.