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

• The broken-down car was taken in tow by a lorry.
  一辆卡车撞了摩托车。一辆卡车拉着一辆坏了的汽车。
• Road works along the Beijing-Tibet Expressway have been exacerbated by traffic accidents and broken-down cars and traffic has backed up from the outskirts of Beijing all the way into Inner Mongolia.
  京藏高速公路沿线的道路施工状况已经因交通事故和毁损车辆而恶化。从北京外围地区到内蒙古的全程交通陷入瘫痪。
• The road is completely blocked by a broken-down car.
  一辆汽车出了故障，整条路都被堵死了。
• I'm calling about my broken-down car.
  我打来是询问我出了毛病的车子。
• After what seemed like hours they reached the rock, where Uncle Vernon, slipping and sliding, led the way to the broken-down house.
  大概过了几小时他们才到达那片岩石，弗农姨父深一脚浅一脚在前面带路，向那间破旧得几乎要垮掉的破房子走去。
• The stable was a broken-down hut with a leaking roof and a floor made of mud;
  马厩是间破旧不堪的茅草屋，屋顶是漏的，地是泥土地；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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；