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

• 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。
• 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。
• There's a broken-up girl for every broken-down boy.
  每一个失意的男孩后面都会有一个伤心的女孩。
• Their broken-down vehicles and lack of speed mean they must make longer trips for lower payment.
  他们的车破，跑得慢，所以得多走路，少要钱。
• 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。
• Of course, part of her anger was the ignominy of being carried back to the compound in the shuttle by three Battloids, like some kind of broken-down commuter craft.
  当然了，她的愤怒有一部分来自被三个战斗机器人背回穿梭艇舱内的耻辱，而穿梭艇已成了一辆破破烂烂的通勤班车。
• 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 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；
• 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。
• A street of bedraggled tenements; a broken-down fence; a ramshackle old pier; a tumble-down shack.
  满街破旧的房屋；破旧的篱笆；摇摇欲坠的老码头；摇摇欲坠的小木屋。