衰朽 meaning in English
[书面语] feeble and decaying; decrepit
Examples
- His yellow rags of shirt lay open at the throat and showed his body to be withered and worn .
从他的黄色衬衣里露出了他的喉结，显示他的身体已经干瘪而且衰朽。 - What is there more opposed to health, than sickness; to strength and beauty, than decay and dissolution .
人正年轻力壮，谁在想三灾六病；人正当雄姿英发，谁去想衰朽残年，奄然物化。 - What is there more opposed to health than sickness; to strength and beauty, than decay and dissolution .
人正当年轻力壮，谁去想三灾六病，人正当雄姿英发，谁去想衰朽残年，奄然物化。 - Chapter 14 argues that a renaissance is bound to occur when decadence has reached an extreme
第14章强调说，复兴开始的时候正是衰朽达到极端的时候。 - Chapter 14 sets forth a new theory of history , a theory of decadence and renaissance
本书的第14章提出了一个新的历史理论，一个关于衰朽与复兴的理论。