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derelict 音标拼音: [d'ɛrəl ,ɪkt] a. 被抛弃了的,无主的,玩忽职守的
n. 遗弃物,被遗弃的人,玩忽职守者 被抛弃了的,无主的,玩忽职守的遗弃物,被遗弃的人,玩忽职守者 derelict adj 1: worn and broken down by hard use; " a creaky shack"; " a decrepit bus... its seats held together with friction tape"; " a flea- bitten sofa"; " a run- down neighborhood"; " a woebegone old shack" [ synonym: { creaky}, { decrepit}, { derelict}, { flea- bitten}, { run- down}, { woebegone}] 2: forsaken by owner or inhabitants ; " weed- grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse" [ synonym: { abandoned}, { derelict}, { deserted}] 3: failing in what duty requires; " derelict ( or delinquent) in his duty"; " neglectful of his duties"; " remiss of you not to pay your bills" [ synonym: { derelict}, { delinquent}, { neglectful}, { remiss}] 4: in deplorable condition; " a street of bedraggled tenements"; " a broken- down fence"; " a ramshackle old pier"; " a tumble- down shack" [ synonym: { bedraggled}, { broken- down}, { derelict}, { dilapidated}, { ramshackle}, { tatterdemalion}, { tumble- down}] n 1: a person without a home, job, or property 2: a ship abandoned on the high seas [ synonym: { abandoned ship}, { derelict}] Derelict \ Der" e* lict\, a. [ L. derelictus, p. p. of derelinquere to forsake wholly, to abandon; de- relinquere to leave. See { Relinquish}.] 1. Given up or forsaken by the natural owner or guardian; left and abandoned; as, derelict lands. [ 1913 Webster] The affections which these exposed or derelict children bear to their mothers, have no grounds of nature or assiduity but civility and opinion. -- Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Lost; adrift; hence, wanting; careless; neglectful; unfaithful. [ 1913 Webster] They easily prevailed, so as to seize upon the vacant, unoccupied, and derelict minds of his [ Chatham' s] friends; and instantly they turned the vessel wholly out of the course of his policy. -- Burke. [ 1913 Webster] A government which is either unable or unwilling to redress such wrongs is derelict to its highest duties. -- J. Buchanan. [ 1913 Webster]
Derelict \ Der" e* lict\, n. ( Law) ( a) A thing voluntary abandoned or willfully cast away by its proper owner, especially a ship abandoned at sea. ( b) A tract of land left dry by the sea, and fit for cultivation or use. [ 1913 Webster] 174 Moby Thesaurus words for " derelict": Bowery bum, DP, Ishmael, abandoned, battered, beachcomber, beat- up, beaten up, beggar, beggarly fellow, behindhand, blighter, broken- down, budmash, bum, bummer, caitiff, careless, cast- off, castaway, castoff, culpably negligent, declasse, decrepit, delinquent, deserted, desolate, devil, dilapidated, dilatory, dingy, disaffected, discard, discarded, disloyal, disowned, displaced person, disregardful, disused, dogie, down- and- out, drifter, drunkard, evictee, exile, expatriate, expellee, faded, faithless, false, fickle, floater, flotsam, flotsam and jetsam, forsaken, foundling, good- for- naught, good- for- nothing, heedless, hobo, human wreck, in ruins, inadvertent, inattentive, inconstant, irresponsible, jetsam, jettisoned, junk, lagan, laissez- faire, lax, lazzarone, left, leper, loafer, loose, lowlife, malingerer, marooned, mauvais sujet, mean wretch, mucker, neglected, neglectful, neglecting, negligent, no- good, noninterfering, nonrestrictive, not true to, of bad faith, off- guard, orphan, outcast, outcast of society, outcaste, outlaw, outside the gates, outside the pale, overly permissive, pariah, pauvre diable, permissive, persona non grata, pilgarlic, poor creature, poor devil, procrastinating, ramshackle, recreant, refuse, regardless, reject, rejected, relaxed, remiss, rubbish, ruined, ruinous, run- down, sad case, sad sack, scamping, seedy, shabby, skid- row bum, skimping, slack, slacker, slighting, slipshod, sloppy, slovenly, slummy, slurring, social outcast, solitary, stiff, street arab, sundowner, swagman, threadbare, tottery, tramp, trash, trothless, truant, tumbledown, unacceptable person, uncircumspect, uncouth, undependable, undesirable, unfaithful, unguarded, unloyal, unreliable, unrigorous, unsteadfast, untouchable, untrue, untrustworthy, unwary, unwatchful, vag, vagabond, vagrant, vaurien, waif, waifs and strays, wastrel, worthless fellow, wretch
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