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
late 16th cent.: from Latin derelictio(n-), from the verb derelinquere (see derelict)