dereliction

dereliction
noun
[mass noun]
  1. the state of having been abandoned and become dilapidated
    废弃,遗弃
    a 15th-century farmhouse has been saved from dereliction.
    一座15世纪的农舍免遭废弃。
    ■(一般作dereliction of duty)the shameful failure to fulfil one's obligations
    玩忽职守
语源
  1. late 16th cent.: from Latin derelictio(n-), from the verb derelinquere (see derelict)
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