moribund

🇺🇸 /ˈmɔːrɪbʌnd/ 🇬🇧 /ˈmɒrɪbʌnd/
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标签 RARE
adjective
R

almost at an end or no longer active

The talks were in a moribund state with no progress being made.

谈判陷入停滞状态,没有取得任何进展。

R

very sick and close to death

The moribund man was visited by all his relatives.

这位垂死的男子接受了他所有亲戚的探访。

translation

adj. 濒临消亡的, 濒死的