moribund

🇺🇸 /ˈmɔːrɪbʌnd/ 🇬🇧 /ˈmɒrɪbʌnd/
詞頻
難度
標籤 RARE
adjective
R

almost at an end or no longer active

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

談判陷入停滯狀態,沒有取得任何進展。

R

very sick and close to death

The moribund man was visited by all his relatives.

這位垂死的男子接受了他所有親戚的探訪。

translation

adj. 瀕臨消亡的, 瀕死的