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

• Now in China, the electro-magnetizers by indirect water-cooling are often broken-down, which hinders the improvement of the quality and quantity of Nd-Fe-B.
  目前国内钕铁硼生产厂的间接水冷取向电磁铁经常出故障，影响钕铁硼产量和质量的提高。
• In the billowing world of mortals, she is the most eternal scenery, though some broken-down.
  滚滚红尘中，她是最永恒的风景，尽管有些破旧。
• Have you take a look at your old, broken-down car recently?
  最近有检查你那部坏掉的老轿车吗？
• Like everything else in this broken-down world, my heart by itself is a blind and confused mess;
  如同这个破碎世界的一切，我的心本身也是困惑迷盲的；
• 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。
• I'm calling about my broken-down car.
  我打来是询问我出了毛病的车子。
• ( There is also no broken-down car, also useful for excuses.)
  （另外也找不到趴窝的汽车，那应该也是个好用的借口。）
• 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。
• Early in the second week he acquires a cart to transport several boxes of tomatoes at a time, but before a month is up he sells the cart to buy a broken-down pickup truck.
  第二周，他买了一辆手推车，这样每次就可以多运输几箱西红柿，但是不到一个月的时间，他把手推车卖了，换成了一辆破损的运输卡车。
• I saw a team of oxen hitched to a broken-down wagon.
  我看到几头牛套在一辆破车上。