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.
先把这些搁置一边，破损、风暴、以及火灾已经渐渐让它变成一条废船，就像是鲸鱼的肋骨。
However, I've subsequently discovered no evidence to suggest that this is the case. Perhaps its dilapidation is just due to natural neglect.
但后来我没有发现进一步的证据，教堂大概只不过是年久失修罢了。
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.
当我们前往乡下的时候，汽车以危险的高速度越过在不同阶段所荒废的城镇和乡村，而不容许停下车来。

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