Definition of derelict in English:

derelict

adjective ˈdɛrəlɪktˈdɛrəˌlɪkt

1In a very poor condition as a result of disuse and neglect.
废弃的，破旧的
a derelict Georgian mansion
年久失修的乔治王朝时代的府邸。
the barge lay derelict for years
那驳船已被废置多年。
Example sentencesExamples
- The aim is to bring scruffy, disused areas of land - including a disused tip, a former power station and a derelict canal - back into community use.
- Perhaps if the derelict sites had been cleared and tided before prospective investors in the proposed retail outlets viewed the site, it might have been a different story.
- Between those dates the appeal site had been in an apparently derelict condition with 2 large black doors facing the street.
- Residents fed up with youths hanging around the streets, derelict shops and a general sense of neglect have taken their future into their own hands.
- The former area of derelict grassland has already been transformed into an accessible area where plants and wildlife can thrive and local people can enjoy the natural environment
- It will not only record, but also highlight the true extent of empty buildings, derelict shops, empty houses, other signs of neglect and lack of important services.
- The derelict mansion was a block from the address where they had told Scott to meet.
- The yards are full of derelict cars, broken-down furniture, sofas with the stuffing bursting out.
- However it remained unoccupied for a number of years and had fallen into a derelict state.
- At 8pm as thick black smoke bellowed from the derelict building, police issued an urgent health warning, instructing residents to stay indoors and shut their windows.
- The derelict condition of the Market House has been criticised by the town council.
- Following a few weeks of begging on the streets and sleeping in derelict buildings, he falls in with a friendly group of squatters.
- The majority of them were bought either in completely derelict condition, or as a collection of rusty parts.
- In 1996, a huge residential community was envisaged in the derelict area, with the aim of housing local poor residents.
- Conditions at the hotel were so derelict the coach lamented it was the worst he had ever seen.
- The most notable of these barriers is a complicated system of land ownership, poor roads and a derelict telecommunications network.
- A call has been made to officials of the Town Council to take action against the owners of five houses which are in a derelict condition.
- The derelict barn she bought 16 years ago for £26,000 is now a palatial house valued at about £750,000, with two large wings.
- ‘We have clients buying derelict farmhouses and old houses which would otherwise be left to fall down,’ Anderson said.
- The ground floor of the derelict building was pretty much bare of anything other than broken junk and graffiti.
Synonyms
unsafe, dangerous, hazardous, perilous, precarious, insecure, treacherous
dilapidated, ramshackle, run down, broken-down, worn out, tumbledown, in (a state of) disrepair, in ruins, ruined, falling to pieces, falling apart
rickety, creaky, creaking, decrepit, deteriorating, crumbling, deteriorated
neglected, untended, unmaintained, gone to rack and ruin, gone to seed, on its last legs, the worse for wear
unhealthy, contaminated, unsound, infected, blighted, unwholesome, septic, rotten, bad
dilapidated, ramshackle, run down, broken-down, worn out, tumbledown, in (a state of) disrepair, in ruins, ruined, falling to pieces, falling apart
rickety, creaky, creaking, decrepit, deteriorating, crumbling, deteriorated
neglected, untended, unmaintained, gone to rack and ruin, gone to seed, on its last legs, the worse for wear
disused, abandoned, deserted, discarded, rejected, forsaken, cast off, relinquished, ownerless
2North American Shamefully negligent of one's duties or obligations.
he was derelict in his duty to his country
他玩忽职守，未能履行对国家的职责。
Example sentencesExamples
- What other cause finds you derelict in your responsibilities to your own people?
- In my view he would be derelict in his duty if he didn't have a contingency plan.
- The commission found that each had been derelict in his duty.
- Some held the two local commanders derelict in their duty; others concluded that they were simply guilty of errors of judgment.
- Further, any judge who allows a conviction to stand when it's evident the defendant did not commit a crime is derelict in his duty.
Synonyms
negligent, neglectful, remiss, lax, careless, sloppy, slipshod, slack, irresponsible, delinquent

noun ˈdɛrəlɪktˈdɛrəˌlɪkt

1A person without a home, job, or property.
流浪汉，无家可归的人
derelicts who could fit all their possessions in a paper bag
可以把所有家当都放在一只纸袋中的流浪者。
Example sentencesExamples
- People called bums and derelicts in the 20s and 30s had some of the best-paying, most secure jobs in industrial America by the 50s and 60s.
- Under the steel and cement, the derelicts lie happy and drunk, their gaze set on the future.
- The family could not believe that the body was considered to be that of a derelict at the funeral home.
- A group of vagabonds and derelicts inhabit a shelter in Moscow, presided over by a fanatical leader who preaches the love of everyone for everyone.
- How can you expect to have anything but a diving trend when your educated citizens are worse than the derelicts?
- Ultimately, Billy is said to have become a derelict, presumably because he was unable to work in the cattle industry again.
- Society, it transpires, hasn't turned him into a derelict, he's managed that all by himself.
- The woman was a bit startled by this proclamation, but she was equally intrigued by the derelict's intuition, since she was indeed single.
- They are workers, or spouses, curmudgeons, derelicts, or hopeless romantics.
- Head out across the loopway where derelicts collect and sit with them remembering the blues they heard and steal their drink.
- From a distance he looks like a wreck, a derelict.
- Afterwards, we blundered through the back streets and alleys, and I met the everyday denizens, including the derelicts.
- Even if your slate's totally clean, people are apt to lose trust in you because you're dating such a derelict.
- His passion for helping the underprivileged, the derelicts of society, and for world evangelization was built upon his passion for Christ.
- But the majority of menial workers and derelicts are, going by empirical evidence, first or second-generation immigrants with little in the way of hopes or prospects.
- The fighting became so intense it disturbed the derelicts outside, who began screaming and pounding on the door.
- The only regular visitors are the labourers and derelicts who drop in to spend some time before the radio kiosk or the television set.
- He also claims he once distributed fake Booker Prize dinner invitations to down-and-outs, promising free booze, in the hope of causing mayhem when the derelicts tried to crash the do.
- Following a homeless ‘state of emergency’, the federal government created a $753-million fund to get derelicts across Canada out of the dirt and into an edifice.
- He supposed that in the dark, the fact that the block was deserted of all but derelicts might not be noticeable.
Synonyms
tramp, vagrant, vagabond, down and out, homeless person, drifter, person of no fixed address/abode, knight of the road
beggar, mendicant
outcast, pariah, ne'er do well, good-for-nothing, wastrel
New Zealand streety
informal dosser, bag lady
North American informal hobo, bum
Australian/New Zealand informal derro
2A ship or other piece of property abandoned by the owner and in poor condition.
废弃物（尤指废弃船只）
she had been a derelict recommissioned for this journey
Example sentencesExamples
- It's a little known fact that the Ancient Greeks didn't live in complete buildings like you or me; they lived in derelicts and rubble, in houses with no roofs and vines growing up the walls.
- Up to a dozen geosynchronous satellites go out of service every year, and there are now several hundred derelicts in the disposal orbit.
- Vale watched helplessly as a series of explosions reduced the once-proud cruiser to a blackened derelict.
- The Council and developers are following the example of towns and cities across the country where areas becoming derelicts as they await redevelopment are being turned into visitor attractions.
- We ran into the docking bay and could not believe the decrepit derelict of a ship that he had waiting for us.
- He circled the shattered derelict once more and finally settled his craft down in an open spot.
- With a secure airlock established between the two ships, the Scout transferred over to the derelict.
- If they can keep the boats from becoming derelicts, it means that much more money in the budget to do dredging and other debris removal.
- They both looked like abandoned derelicts compared with the other great warships being serviced in the yard.
- Meanwhile, the U.S. Coast Guard has the authority to move derelicts that pose a hazard to navigation, but not to dispose of them.
- In 1881, the schooner Ellen Austin, bound for London, discovered a derelict adrift in the Sargasso.
- You wouldn't believe the bureaucratic hoops you need successfully to jump when you're renovating a derelict.
- Diaz maneuvered the tug underneath the cruiser and traversed the length until they were ahead of the derelict.
- Eerily empty travel zones are full of ice, gas, derelicts and asteroids of various types and colors.
- This is all set on a backdrop of a larger presence within the galaxy, an ancient civilization that left floating derelicts in space.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Latin derelictus 'abandoned', past participle of derelinquere, from de- 'completely' + relinquere 'forsake'.

This is from Latin derelictus, the past participle of derelinquere ‘abandon’, from de- ‘completely’ and relinquere ‘forsake’, found also in relinquish (Late Middle English).

Definition of derelict in US English:

derelict

adjectiveˈdɛrəˌlɪktˈderəˌlikt

1In a very poor condition as a result of disuse and neglect.
废弃的，破旧的
the cities were derelict and dying
Example sentencesExamples
- The derelict condition of the Market House has been criticised by the town council.
- Following a few weeks of begging on the streets and sleeping in derelict buildings, he falls in with a friendly group of squatters.
- The former area of derelict grassland has already been transformed into an accessible area where plants and wildlife can thrive and local people can enjoy the natural environment
- In 1996, a huge residential community was envisaged in the derelict area, with the aim of housing local poor residents.
- The yards are full of derelict cars, broken-down furniture, sofas with the stuffing bursting out.
- The derelict mansion was a block from the address where they had told Scott to meet.
- The aim is to bring scruffy, disused areas of land - including a disused tip, a former power station and a derelict canal - back into community use.
- At 8pm as thick black smoke bellowed from the derelict building, police issued an urgent health warning, instructing residents to stay indoors and shut their windows.
- The ground floor of the derelict building was pretty much bare of anything other than broken junk and graffiti.
- The majority of them were bought either in completely derelict condition, or as a collection of rusty parts.
- Perhaps if the derelict sites had been cleared and tided before prospective investors in the proposed retail outlets viewed the site, it might have been a different story.
- A call has been made to officials of the Town Council to take action against the owners of five houses which are in a derelict condition.
- The derelict barn she bought 16 years ago for £26,000 is now a palatial house valued at about £750,000, with two large wings.
- ‘We have clients buying derelict farmhouses and old houses which would otherwise be left to fall down,’ Anderson said.
- Residents fed up with youths hanging around the streets, derelict shops and a general sense of neglect have taken their future into their own hands.
- The most notable of these barriers is a complicated system of land ownership, poor roads and a derelict telecommunications network.
- Conditions at the hotel were so derelict the coach lamented it was the worst he had ever seen.
- It will not only record, but also highlight the true extent of empty buildings, derelict shops, empty houses, other signs of neglect and lack of important services.
- Between those dates the appeal site had been in an apparently derelict condition with 2 large black doors facing the street.
- However it remained unoccupied for a number of years and had fallen into a derelict state.
Synonyms
dilapidated, ramshackle, run down, broken-down, worn out, tumbledown, in disrepair, in a state of disrepair, in ruins, ruined, falling to pieces, falling apart
disused, abandoned, deserted, discarded, rejected, forsaken, cast off, relinquished, ownerless
1. 1.1North American (of a person) shamefully negligent in not having done what one should have done.
  〈主北美〉（人）玩忽职守的，不负责任的
  he was derelict in his duty to his country
  他玩忽职守，未能履行对国家的职责。
  Example sentencesExamples
  What other cause finds you derelict in your responsibilities to your own people?
  Further, any judge who allows a conviction to stand when it's evident the defendant did not commit a crime is derelict in his duty.
  Some held the two local commanders derelict in their duty; others concluded that they were simply guilty of errors of judgment.
  In my view he would be derelict in his duty if he didn't have a contingency plan.
  The commission found that each had been derelict in his duty.
  Synonyms
  negligent, neglectful, remiss, lax, careless, sloppy, slipshod, slack, irresponsible, delinquent

nounˈdɛrəˌlɪktˈderəˌlikt

1A person without a home, job, or property.
流浪汉，无家可归的人
derelicts who could fit all their possessions in a paper bag
可以把所有家当都放在一只纸袋中的流浪者。
Example sentencesExamples
- He supposed that in the dark, the fact that the block was deserted of all but derelicts might not be noticeable.
- But the majority of menial workers and derelicts are, going by empirical evidence, first or second-generation immigrants with little in the way of hopes or prospects.
- Ultimately, Billy is said to have become a derelict, presumably because he was unable to work in the cattle industry again.
- The fighting became so intense it disturbed the derelicts outside, who began screaming and pounding on the door.
- From a distance he looks like a wreck, a derelict.
- Following a homeless ‘state of emergency’, the federal government created a $753-million fund to get derelicts across Canada out of the dirt and into an edifice.
- People called bums and derelicts in the 20s and 30s had some of the best-paying, most secure jobs in industrial America by the 50s and 60s.
- The only regular visitors are the labourers and derelicts who drop in to spend some time before the radio kiosk or the television set.
- He also claims he once distributed fake Booker Prize dinner invitations to down-and-outs, promising free booze, in the hope of causing mayhem when the derelicts tried to crash the do.
- Society, it transpires, hasn't turned him into a derelict, he's managed that all by himself.
- How can you expect to have anything but a diving trend when your educated citizens are worse than the derelicts?
- Head out across the loopway where derelicts collect and sit with them remembering the blues they heard and steal their drink.
- The woman was a bit startled by this proclamation, but she was equally intrigued by the derelict's intuition, since she was indeed single.
- Under the steel and cement, the derelicts lie happy and drunk, their gaze set on the future.
- Afterwards, we blundered through the back streets and alleys, and I met the everyday denizens, including the derelicts.
- A group of vagabonds and derelicts inhabit a shelter in Moscow, presided over by a fanatical leader who preaches the love of everyone for everyone.
- The family could not believe that the body was considered to be that of a derelict at the funeral home.
- Even if your slate's totally clean, people are apt to lose trust in you because you're dating such a derelict.
- His passion for helping the underprivileged, the derelicts of society, and for world evangelization was built upon his passion for Christ.
- They are workers, or spouses, curmudgeons, derelicts, or hopeless romantics.
Synonyms
tramp, vagrant, vagabond, down and out, homeless person, drifter, person of no fixed abode, person of no fixed address, knight of the road
1. 1.1 A piece of property, especially a ship, abandoned by the owner and in poor condition.
  废弃物（尤指废弃船只）
  Example sentencesExamples
  Diaz maneuvered the tug underneath the cruiser and traversed the length until they were ahead of the derelict.
  Meanwhile, the U.S. Coast Guard has the authority to move derelicts that pose a hazard to navigation, but not to dispose of them.
  We ran into the docking bay and could not believe the decrepit derelict of a ship that he had waiting for us.
  This is all set on a backdrop of a larger presence within the galaxy, an ancient civilization that left floating derelicts in space.
  He circled the shattered derelict once more and finally settled his craft down in an open spot.
  They both looked like abandoned derelicts compared with the other great warships being serviced in the yard.
  Eerily empty travel zones are full of ice, gas, derelicts and asteroids of various types and colors.
  It's a little known fact that the Ancient Greeks didn't live in complete buildings like you or me; they lived in derelicts and rubble, in houses with no roofs and vines growing up the walls.
  With a secure airlock established between the two ships, the Scout transferred over to the derelict.
  You wouldn't believe the bureaucratic hoops you need successfully to jump when you're renovating a derelict.
  The Council and developers are following the example of towns and cities across the country where areas becoming derelicts as they await redevelopment are being turned into visitor attractions.
  Vale watched helplessly as a series of explosions reduced the once-proud cruiser to a blackened derelict.
  If they can keep the boats from becoming derelicts, it means that much more money in the budget to do dredging and other debris removal.
  Up to a dozen geosynchronous satellites go out of service every year, and there are now several hundred derelicts in the disposal orbit.
  In 1881, the schooner Ellen Austin, bound for London, discovered a derelict adrift in the Sargasso.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Latin derelictus ‘abandoned’, past participle of derelinquere, from de- ‘completely’ + relinquere ‘forsake’.

词汇	derelict
释义	Definition of derelict in English: derelict adjective ˈdɛrəlɪktˈdɛrəˌlɪkt 1In a very poor condition as a result of disuse and neglect. 废弃的，破旧的 a derelict Georgian mansion 年久失修的乔治王朝时代的府邸。 the barge lay derelict for years 那驳船已被废置多年。 Example sentencesExamples The aim is to bring scruffy, disused areas of land - including a disused tip, a former power station and a derelict canal - back into community use. Perhaps if the derelict sites had been cleared and tided before prospective investors in the proposed retail outlets viewed the site, it might have been a different story. Between those dates the appeal site had been in an apparently derelict condition with 2 large black doors facing the street. Residents fed up with youths hanging around the streets, derelict shops and a general sense of neglect have taken their future into their own hands. The former area of derelict grassland has already been transformed into an accessible area where plants and wildlife can thrive and local people can enjoy the natural environment It will not only record, but also highlight the true extent of empty buildings, derelict shops, empty houses, other signs of neglect and lack of important services. The derelict mansion was a block from the address where they had told Scott to meet. The yards are full of derelict cars, broken-down furniture, sofas with the stuffing bursting out. However it remained unoccupied for a number of years and had fallen into a derelict state. At 8pm as thick black smoke bellowed from the derelict building, police issued an urgent health warning, instructing residents to stay indoors and shut their windows. The derelict condition of the Market House has been criticised by the town council. Following a few weeks of begging on the streets and sleeping in derelict buildings, he falls in with a friendly group of squatters. The majority of them were bought either in completely derelict condition, or as a collection of rusty parts. In 1996, a huge residential community was envisaged in the derelict area, with the aim of housing local poor residents. Conditions at the hotel were so derelict the coach lamented it was the worst he had ever seen. The most notable of these barriers is a complicated system of land ownership, poor roads and a derelict telecommunications network. A call has been made to officials of the Town Council to take action against the owners of five houses which are in a derelict condition. The derelict barn she bought 16 years ago for £26,000 is now a palatial house valued at about £750,000, with two large wings. ‘We have clients buying derelict farmhouses and old houses which would otherwise be left to fall down,’ Anderson said. The ground floor of the derelict building was pretty much bare of anything other than broken junk and graffiti. Synonyms unsafe, dangerous, hazardous, perilous, precarious, insecure, treacherous dilapidated, ramshackle, run down, broken-down, worn out, tumbledown, in (a state of) disrepair, in ruins, ruined, falling to pieces, falling apart rickety, creaky, creaking, decrepit, deteriorating, crumbling, deteriorated neglected, untended, unmaintained, gone to rack and ruin, gone to seed, on its last legs, the worse for wear unhealthy, contaminated, unsound, infected, blighted, unwholesome, septic, rotten, bad dilapidated, ramshackle, run down, broken-down, worn out, tumbledown, in (a state of) disrepair, in ruins, ruined, falling to pieces, falling apart rickety, creaky, creaking, decrepit, deteriorating, crumbling, deteriorated neglected, untended, unmaintained, gone to rack and ruin, gone to seed, on its last legs, the worse for wear disused, abandoned, deserted, discarded, rejected, forsaken, cast off, relinquished, ownerless 2North American Shamefully negligent of one's duties or obligations. he was derelict in his duty to his country 他玩忽职守，未能履行对国家的职责。 Example sentencesExamples What other cause finds you derelict in your responsibilities to your own people? In my view he would be derelict in his duty if he didn't have a contingency plan. The commission found that each had been derelict in his duty. Some held the two local commanders derelict in their duty; others concluded that they were simply guilty of errors of judgment. Further, any judge who allows a conviction to stand when it's evident the defendant did not commit a crime is derelict in his duty. Synonyms negligent, neglectful, remiss, lax, careless, sloppy, slipshod, slack, irresponsible, delinquent noun ˈdɛrəlɪktˈdɛrəˌlɪkt 1A person without a home, job, or property. 流浪汉，无家可归的人 derelicts who could fit all their possessions in a paper bag 可以把所有家当都放在一只纸袋中的流浪者。 Example sentencesExamples People called bums and derelicts in the 20s and 30s had some of the best-paying, most secure jobs in industrial America by the 50s and 60s. Under the steel and cement, the derelicts lie happy and drunk, their gaze set on the future. The family could not believe that the body was considered to be that of a derelict at the funeral home. A group of vagabonds and derelicts inhabit a shelter in Moscow, presided over by a fanatical leader who preaches the love of everyone for everyone. How can you expect to have anything but a diving trend when your educated citizens are worse than the derelicts? Ultimately, Billy is said to have become a derelict, presumably because he was unable to work in the cattle industry again. Society, it transpires, hasn't turned him into a derelict, he's managed that all by himself. The woman was a bit startled by this proclamation, but she was equally intrigued by the derelict's intuition, since she was indeed single. They are workers, or spouses, curmudgeons, derelicts, or hopeless romantics. Head out across the loopway where derelicts collect and sit with them remembering the blues they heard and steal their drink. From a distance he looks like a wreck, a derelict. Afterwards, we blundered through the back streets and alleys, and I met the everyday denizens, including the derelicts. Even if your slate's totally clean, people are apt to lose trust in you because you're dating such a derelict. His passion for helping the underprivileged, the derelicts of society, and for world evangelization was built upon his passion for Christ. But the majority of menial workers and derelicts are, going by empirical evidence, first or second-generation immigrants with little in the way of hopes or prospects. The fighting became so intense it disturbed the derelicts outside, who began screaming and pounding on the door. The only regular visitors are the labourers and derelicts who drop in to spend some time before the radio kiosk or the television set. He also claims he once distributed fake Booker Prize dinner invitations to down-and-outs, promising free booze, in the hope of causing mayhem when the derelicts tried to crash the do. Following a homeless ‘state of emergency’, the federal government created a $753-million fund to get derelicts across Canada out of the dirt and into an edifice. He supposed that in the dark, the fact that the block was deserted of all but derelicts might not be noticeable. Synonyms tramp, vagrant, vagabond, down and out, homeless person, drifter, person of no fixed address/abode, knight of the road beggar, mendicant outcast, pariah, ne'er do well, good-for-nothing, wastrel New Zealand streety informal dosser, bag lady North American informal hobo, bum Australian/New Zealand informal derro 2A ship or other piece of property abandoned by the owner and in poor condition. 废弃物（尤指废弃船只） she had been a derelict recommissioned for this journey Example sentencesExamples It's a little known fact that the Ancient Greeks didn't live in complete buildings like you or me; they lived in derelicts and rubble, in houses with no roofs and vines growing up the walls. Up to a dozen geosynchronous satellites go out of service every year, and there are now several hundred derelicts in the disposal orbit. Vale watched helplessly as a series of explosions reduced the once-proud cruiser to a blackened derelict. The Council and developers are following the example of towns and cities across the country where areas becoming derelicts as they await redevelopment are being turned into visitor attractions. We ran into the docking bay and could not believe the decrepit derelict of a ship that he had waiting for us. He circled the shattered derelict once more and finally settled his craft down in an open spot. With a secure airlock established between the two ships, the Scout transferred over to the derelict. If they can keep the boats from becoming derelicts, it means that much more money in the budget to do dredging and other debris removal. They both looked like abandoned derelicts compared with the other great warships being serviced in the yard. Meanwhile, the U.S. Coast Guard has the authority to move derelicts that pose a hazard to navigation, but not to dispose of them. In 1881, the schooner Ellen Austin, bound for London, discovered a derelict adrift in the Sargasso. You wouldn't believe the bureaucratic hoops you need successfully to jump when you're renovating a derelict. Diaz maneuvered the tug underneath the cruiser and traversed the length until they were ahead of the derelict. Eerily empty travel zones are full of ice, gas, derelicts and asteroids of various types and colors. This is all set on a backdrop of a larger presence within the galaxy, an ancient civilization that left floating derelicts in space. Origin Mid 17th century: from Latin derelictus 'abandoned', past participle of derelinquere, from de- 'completely' + relinquere 'forsake'. This is from Latin derelictus, the past participle of derelinquere ‘abandon’, from de- ‘completely’ and relinquere ‘forsake’, found also in relinquish (Late Middle English). Definition of derelict in US English: derelict adjectiveˈdɛrəˌlɪktˈderəˌlikt 1In a very poor condition as a result of disuse and neglect. 废弃的，破旧的 the cities were derelict and dying Example sentencesExamples The derelict condition of the Market House has been criticised by the town council. Following a few weeks of begging on the streets and sleeping in derelict buildings, he falls in with a friendly group of squatters. The former area of derelict grassland has already been transformed into an accessible area where plants and wildlife can thrive and local people can enjoy the natural environment In 1996, a huge residential community was envisaged in the derelict area, with the aim of housing local poor residents. The yards are full of derelict cars, broken-down furniture, sofas with the stuffing bursting out. The derelict mansion was a block from the address where they had told Scott to meet. The aim is to bring scruffy, disused areas of land - including a disused tip, a former power station and a derelict canal - back into community use. At 8pm as thick black smoke bellowed from the derelict building, police issued an urgent health warning, instructing residents to stay indoors and shut their windows. The ground floor of the derelict building was pretty much bare of anything other than broken junk and graffiti. The majority of them were bought either in completely derelict condition, or as a collection of rusty parts. Perhaps if the derelict sites had been cleared and tided before prospective investors in the proposed retail outlets viewed the site, it might have been a different story. A call has been made to officials of the Town Council to take action against the owners of five houses which are in a derelict condition. The derelict barn she bought 16 years ago for £26,000 is now a palatial house valued at about £750,000, with two large wings. ‘We have clients buying derelict farmhouses and old houses which would otherwise be left to fall down,’ Anderson said. Residents fed up with youths hanging around the streets, derelict shops and a general sense of neglect have taken their future into their own hands. The most notable of these barriers is a complicated system of land ownership, poor roads and a derelict telecommunications network. Conditions at the hotel were so derelict the coach lamented it was the worst he had ever seen. It will not only record, but also highlight the true extent of empty buildings, derelict shops, empty houses, other signs of neglect and lack of important services. Between those dates the appeal site had been in an apparently derelict condition with 2 large black doors facing the street. However it remained unoccupied for a number of years and had fallen into a derelict state. Synonyms dilapidated, ramshackle, run down, broken-down, worn out, tumbledown, in disrepair, in a state of disrepair, in ruins, ruined, falling to pieces, falling apart disused, abandoned, deserted, discarded, rejected, forsaken, cast off, relinquished, ownerless 1.1North American (of a person) shamefully negligent in not having done what one should have done. 〈主北美〉（人）玩忽职守的，不负责任的 he was derelict in his duty to his country 他玩忽职守，未能履行对国家的职责。 Example sentencesExamples What other cause finds you derelict in your responsibilities to your own people? Further, any judge who allows a conviction to stand when it's evident the defendant did not commit a crime is derelict in his duty. Some held the two local commanders derelict in their duty; others concluded that they were simply guilty of errors of judgment. In my view he would be derelict in his duty if he didn't have a contingency plan. The commission found that each had been derelict in his duty. Synonyms negligent, neglectful, remiss, lax, careless, sloppy, slipshod, slack, irresponsible, delinquent nounˈdɛrəˌlɪktˈderəˌlikt 1A person without a home, job, or property. 流浪汉，无家可归的人 derelicts who could fit all their possessions in a paper bag 可以把所有家当都放在一只纸袋中的流浪者。 Example sentencesExamples He supposed that in the dark, the fact that the block was deserted of all but derelicts might not be noticeable. But the majority of menial workers and derelicts are, going by empirical evidence, first or second-generation immigrants with little in the way of hopes or prospects. Ultimately, Billy is said to have become a derelict, presumably because he was unable to work in the cattle industry again. The fighting became so intense it disturbed the derelicts outside, who began screaming and pounding on the door. From a distance he looks like a wreck, a derelict. Following a homeless ‘state of emergency’, the federal government created a $753-million fund to get derelicts across Canada out of the dirt and into an edifice. People called bums and derelicts in the 20s and 30s had some of the best-paying, most secure jobs in industrial America by the 50s and 60s. The only regular visitors are the labourers and derelicts who drop in to spend some time before the radio kiosk or the television set. He also claims he once distributed fake Booker Prize dinner invitations to down-and-outs, promising free booze, in the hope of causing mayhem when the derelicts tried to crash the do. Society, it transpires, hasn't turned him into a derelict, he's managed that all by himself. How can you expect to have anything but a diving trend when your educated citizens are worse than the derelicts? Head out across the loopway where derelicts collect and sit with them remembering the blues they heard and steal their drink. The woman was a bit startled by this proclamation, but she was equally intrigued by the derelict's intuition, since she was indeed single. Under the steel and cement, the derelicts lie happy and drunk, their gaze set on the future. Afterwards, we blundered through the back streets and alleys, and I met the everyday denizens, including the derelicts. A group of vagabonds and derelicts inhabit a shelter in Moscow, presided over by a fanatical leader who preaches the love of everyone for everyone. The family could not believe that the body was considered to be that of a derelict at the funeral home. Even if your slate's totally clean, people are apt to lose trust in you because you're dating such a derelict. His passion for helping the underprivileged, the derelicts of society, and for world evangelization was built upon his passion for Christ. They are workers, or spouses, curmudgeons, derelicts, or hopeless romantics. Synonyms tramp, vagrant, vagabond, down and out, homeless person, drifter, person of no fixed abode, person of no fixed address, knight of the road 1.1 A piece of property, especially a ship, abandoned by the owner and in poor condition. 废弃物（尤指废弃船只） Example sentencesExamples Diaz maneuvered the tug underneath the cruiser and traversed the length until they were ahead of the derelict. Meanwhile, the U.S. Coast Guard has the authority to move derelicts that pose a hazard to navigation, but not to dispose of them. We ran into the docking bay and could not believe the decrepit derelict of a ship that he had waiting for us. This is all set on a backdrop of a larger presence within the galaxy, an ancient civilization that left floating derelicts in space. He circled the shattered derelict once more and finally settled his craft down in an open spot. They both looked like abandoned derelicts compared with the other great warships being serviced in the yard. Eerily empty travel zones are full of ice, gas, derelicts and asteroids of various types and colors. It's a little known fact that the Ancient Greeks didn't live in complete buildings like you or me; they lived in derelicts and rubble, in houses with no roofs and vines growing up the walls. With a secure airlock established between the two ships, the Scout transferred over to the derelict. You wouldn't believe the bureaucratic hoops you need successfully to jump when you're renovating a derelict. The Council and developers are following the example of towns and cities across the country where areas becoming derelicts as they await redevelopment are being turned into visitor attractions. Vale watched helplessly as a series of explosions reduced the once-proud cruiser to a blackened derelict. If they can keep the boats from becoming derelicts, it means that much more money in the budget to do dredging and other debris removal. Up to a dozen geosynchronous satellites go out of service every year, and there are now several hundred derelicts in the disposal orbit. In 1881, the schooner Ellen Austin, bound for London, discovered a derelict adrift in the Sargasso. Origin Mid 17th century: from Latin derelictus ‘abandoned’, past participle of derelinquere, from de- ‘completely’ + relinquere ‘forsake’.
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