run-down
run-down 英 [rʌn daʊn] 美 [ˈrʌnˌdaʊn]
adj. 破败的；衰弱的 n. 刺杀出局；总结
名词复数:run-downs
- Use the adjective run-down to describe something that's so old it's falling apart, like a beat up old car or a worn out mattress with springs sticking out of it.
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- adj. 破败的；衰弱的
- n. 刺杀出局；总结
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1. I imagined that arriving here, in run-down Waterbury, from such a place as Oregon, must’ve been like waking from a dream.
我想象他们从俄勒冈州那样的地方刚来到破败的沃特伯里时，一定感觉像从美梦中醒来。
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2. He checked in at the old Chateau Élysée, on Franklin Avenue. Clark Gable and Katharine Hepburn had once stayed there, but when Haggis arrived it was a run-down church retreat called the Manor Hotel.
他住进富兰克林大道上的老爱丽舍宫，克拉克盖博和凯瑟琳赫本曾经有一次住过那儿，但是当哈吉斯到那儿时，它已经是一个破败的教会收容所，名叫庄园酒店。
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3. But as the fancy new resorts on the Strip lured away more and more tourist traffic, downtown Vegas declined into a collection of worn-out casinos and run-down motels.
但是随着越来越多的观光者被长街上新兴的奢华赌场吸引去，老街区逐渐退变成了萧条的赌场以及破败的汽车旅馆的聚集地。
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