dilapidation

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Neglect, dilapidation, storm and fire have gradually reduced it to a rusting hulk, like the rib-cage of a whale.
先把這些擱置一邊，破損、風(fēng)暴、以及火災(zāi)已經(jīng)漸漸讓它變成一條廢船，就像是鯨魚的肋骨。
However, I've subsequently discovered no evidence to suggest that this is the case. Perhaps its dilapidation is just due to natural neglect.
但后來我沒有發(fā)現(xiàn)進(jìn)一步的證據(jù)，教堂大概只不過是年久失修罷了。
When we headed into the countryside we were driven at breakneck speed past towns and villages in various stages of dilapidation and not allowed to stop.
當(dāng)我們前往鄉(xiāng)下的時(shí)候，汽車以危險(xiǎn)的高速度越過在不同階段所荒廢的城鎮(zhèn)和鄉(xiāng)村，而不容許停下車來。

He began to see their dilapidation as an advantage: Anything he painted on them inherited the patina of past centuries.
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Amidst the glorious dilapidation of what was a great imperial capital till 1917, and Leningrad till 1991, six orchestras, four chamber orchestras, three opera houses, a world-class conservatory and some 40 other music schools operate, more or less, as they have since the 1920s.
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