dilapidated
老朽化した
解説 Definition
dilapidated は、建物や物が長い間手入れされず、古く壊れかけている状態を表す形容詞です。単に古いだけでなく、修理が必要なほど傷んでいるというニュアンスがあります。
In a state of serious disrepair because of age, neglect, or prolonged lack of maintenance. The adjective is commonly applied to buildings, vehicles, and other structures that are shabby, damaged, and in need of substantial repair.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
dilapidate「荒廃させる」の過去分詞形から定着した形容詞で、語末 -ed は /ɪd/ と発音します。単なる old ではなく、長年の放置で修理が必要なほど傷んだ状態です。a dilapidated house/building/warehouse という組み合わせと、石がばらばらに崩れた建物の姿を結び付けて覚えましょう。
Use dilapidated for something that is not merely old but badly neglected and close to falling apart. The word developed from the past participle of dilapidate, and its final -ed is pronounced /ɪd/. Picture a dilapidated house with broken windows, loose boards, and crumbling walls, or a row of warehouses needing major repairs. Common combinations include dilapidated building, house, warehouse, and vehicle. Contrast it with old, which says only how long something has existed and does not necessarily imply damage or neglect.
例文
They bought a dilapidated house and spent two years restoring it.
彼らは老朽化した家を購入し、修復に2年を費やした。
The village school was housed in a dilapidated wooden building.
その村の学校は老朽化した木造の建物に入っていた。
A row of dilapidated warehouses stood near the old harbor.
古い港の近くに、老朽化した倉庫が一列に立っていた。
dilapidated の類義語・関連語
dilapidated の語源・成り立ち Etymology
dilapidated はラテン語 dilapidare「石のように散らす・浪費する」に由来し、dis-「ばらばらに」+ lapis「石」に分けられます。石が散って建物が崩れるイメージから「荒れ果てた、老朽化した」へつながった語です。関連語は dilapidation, lapidary。
Dilapidated is the adjectival use of the past participle of dilapidate. The verb comes from Latin dilapidare, historically meaning to squander or cause ruin, and is associated with dis- in the sense of scattering and lapis, “stone.” The image of stones being scattered or a structure being pulled apart helped support the later sense of buildings and possessions falling into serious disrepair through waste or neglect.
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