broken-down

英 [ˌbrəʊkən ˈdaʊn]

美 [ˌbroʊkən ˈdaʊn]

adj.  状况很差的; 出故障的; 衰弱的

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牛津词典

adj.

• 状况很差的；出故障的；衰弱的
  in a very bad condition; not working correctly; very tired and sick
  1. a broken-down old car/horse
     出了毛病的旧车；衰老的马

柯林斯词典

• ADJ （车辆或机器）出故障的，坏掉的
  Abroken-downvehicle or machine no longer works because it has something wrong with it.
  1. ...a broken-down car.
     出故障的汽车

英英释义

adj

• in deplorable condition
  1. a street of bedraggled tenements
  2. a broken-down fence
  3. a ramshackle old pier
  4. a tumble-down shack
  Synonym:bedraggledderelictdilapidatedramshackletatterdemaliontumble-down
• not in working order
  1. had to push the broken-down car
  2. a broken-down tractor fit only for children to play on

双语例句

• In the billowing world of mortals, she is the most eternal scenery, though some broken-down.
  滚滚红尘中，她是最永恒的风景，尽管有些破旧。
• Like everything else in this broken-down world, my heart by itself is a blind and confused mess;
  如同这个破碎世界的一切，我的心本身也是困惑迷盲的；
• I'm calling about my broken-down car.
  我打来是询问我出了毛病的车子。
• ( There is also no broken-down car, also useful for excuses.)
  （另外也找不到趴窝的汽车，那应该也是个好用的借口。）
• You can't take a broken-down car you're trying to sell and put two new doors on it and expect people not to think it's a lousy deal.
  你不可能拿着一辆老破车，给它安上两扇新门来卖，就指望人们不会认为这是一笔糟糕的交易。
• I was13, doing my homework in front of my family's broken-down television, when I felt strangely compelled to look up at the screen.
  在我13岁的时候，有一次正在家里一台破旧电视前写作业，这时候，一个奇怪的冲动让我抬起头看了看电视屏幕。
• I saw a team of oxen hitched to a broken-down wagon.
  我看到几头牛套在一辆破车上。
• Having fallen into a state of disrepair or deterioration, as through neglect; broken-down and shabby.
  毁坏的，破旧的：因疏忽而失修或衰败的；残垣断壁的。
• I do seem to be a broken-down monarch of some kind.
  我倒有点儿象个落魄的王孙。
• Our first vehicle was an old broken-down bicycle.
  一辆破旧的自行车是我们全家的第一个交通工具。