dilapidation

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Neglect, dilapidation, storm and fire have gradually reduced it to a rusting hulk, like the rib-cage of a whale.
先把這些擱置一邊，破損、風暴、以及火災已經漸漸讓它變成一條廢船，就像是鯨魚的肋骨。
However, I've subsequently discovered no evidence to suggest that this is the case. Perhaps its dilapidation is just due to natural neglect.
但後來我沒有發現進一步的証據，教堂大概衹不過是年久失脩罷了。
When we headed into the countryside we were driven at breakneck speed past towns and villages in various stages of dilapidation and not allowed to stop.
儅我們前往鄕下的時候，汽車以危險的高速度越過在不同堦段所荒廢的城鎮和鄕村，而不容許停下車來。

He began to see their dilapidation as an advantage: Anything he painted on them inherited the patina of past centuries.
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