1. 破敗;棄置;年久失修 If a building or a piece of land is in a state of dereliction, it is deserted or abandoned.
dereliction
e.g. The previous owners had rescued the building from dereliction. 這座建筑之前的業(yè)主將其從破敗不堪的狀況中挽救了出來(lái)。
dereliction英英釋義
noun
1. willful negligence
2. a tendency to be negligent and uncaring
e.g. he inherited his delinquency from his father his derelictions were not really intended as crimes his adolescent protest consisted of willful neglect of all his responsibilities