dereliction
noun /ˌderəˈlɪkʃn/
/ˌderəˈlɪkʃn/
(formal)- [uncountable] the state of land or buildings not being used or cared for and in bad condition
荒废;弃置;破旧不堪 - industrial/urban dereliction
工业/城市废墟 - a house in a state of dereliction
破旧不堪的房屋
- industrial/urban dereliction
- [uncountable, singular] dereliction of duty (formal or law
) the fact of deliberately not doing what you ought to do, especially when it is part of your job法律 玩忽职守;渎职 - The police officers were found guilty of serious dereliction of duty.
这些警察被判犯有严重渎职罪。
- The police officers were found guilty of serious dereliction of duty.
词源late 16th cent.: from Latin derelictio(n-), from the verb derelinquere, from de- ‘completely’ + relinquere ‘forsake’.