early 15c., from Late Latin dilapidationem (nominative dilapidatio) "a squandering," noun of action from past participle stem of Latin dilapidare "throw away, squander, waste," literally "pelt with stones" (thus "ruin, destroy") or else "scatter like stones," from dis- "asunder" (see dis-) + lapidare "throw stones at," from lapis (genitive lapidis) "stone." "Taken in Eng. in a more literal sense than was usual in Latin" [OED].
雙語例句
1. Yet all this was apart from any extraordinary dilapidation
特別破落的樣子倒也找不出。
來自辭典例句
2. Ying Pun, a mine northeast original camp, for the 50 - meter square Tucheng now dilapidation to farmland.
營盤東北原有一座水雷營, 為各長50米的方形土城,現(xiàn)已坍毀為農(nóng)田.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
3. The characteristics of the packed goods are convenient storage, not dilapidation easily lowering the packaging cost.