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Decrepit means old and in bad shape: worn out, weak, close to falling apart. You can say it about a building, a car, a chair, a bridge — or, more sharply, about a person.
Decrepit means old and in bad shape decrepit 意思是又老又破舊: worn out, weak, close to falling apart用壞了、虛弱，快要散掉了。You can say it about a building, a car, a chair, a bridge你可以用它形容建築、車子、椅子、橋 — or, more sharply, about a person或者更尖銳一點，用來形容一個人。
A decrepit house has peeling paint and a roof that leaks. A decrepit van shakes on every hill.
A decrepit house has peeling paint and a roof that leaks decrepit 的房子油漆剝落，屋頂還會漏水。A decrepit van shakes on every hill decrepit 的貨車一上坡就晃個不停。
Used about a person, it means very old and . It is a strong word, a little literary. In kind everyday talk about people, or very old is gentler.
Used about a person用在人身上時, it means very old and frail意思是非常老、很虛弱。It is a strong word這是個語氣很重的字, a little literary也有點文學味。In kind everyday talk about people在日常對話裡如果要客氣地講一個人, frail or very old is gentler用 frail 或 very old 會比較溫和。
Though actually, decrepit is not just old. A well-kept hundred-year-old house is old but not decrepit. The word always adds 'and falling to pieces.' A vintage shop full of loved old things is not full of decrepit things unless they are really breaking down.
Though actually不過其實, decrepit is not just old decrepit 不只是老而已。A well-kept hundred-year-old house is old but not decrepit一棟保養得很好的百年老屋是老，但不是 decrepit。The word always adds 'and falling to pieces.'這個字永遠多帶了「而且快散架了」的意思。A vintage shop full of loved old things is not full of decrepit things一間擺滿人們珍愛的老東西的復古店，裡面的東西並不是 decrepit unless they are really breaking down除非那些東西真的已經在崩壞了。
About people it can sound , even cruel, so be careful who hears it.
About people it can sound unkind, even cruel用在人身上時可能聽起來不友善，甚至有點殘忍, so be careful who hears it所以要小心誰會聽到。
組成From Middle English decrepyt, from Middle French décrépit, from Latin dēcrepitus (very old), from crepō (to creak). The Latin picture is something so old it creaks.
同家族的字
- decrepitudethe noun: the worn-out state of being decrepit
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
decrepitadj/dɪˈkɹɛp.ɪt/
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Weakened or worn out from age or wear.
- Sorrow is subdued by strong necessity; there is no cause why life should be lengthened for our love; and we feel that the worn and the decrepit do but go down into that grave which had received youth, health, beauty,—all that made existence precious—long before.
- Two entrants shared this award for their work on two quite different stations, but with the same purpose of bringing a redundant station building back into use for the benefit of the community, with the added result of conserving an historic building. Saltash Town Council bought Saltash station building after it had become very decrepit and 'an eyesore' - such that it was nearly pulled down to make way for housing.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。