defunct

英 [d?'f??(k)t] 美[d?'f??kt]

反義詞

TEM8GRE低頻詞擴(kuò)展詞匯

defunct 失去功能

de-, 奪去，損毀。funct-, 功能，詞源同function.

defunct: defunct: [16] The -funct in defunct is the same ultimately as that in function and perfunctory. It comes from the past participle of Latin fungī ‘perform, discharge’. In combination with the intensive prefix dē- this produced dēfunctus ‘discharged, finished’, hence ‘dead’, which was borrowed directly into English.
=> function, perfunctory
defunct (adj.): 1590s, from Old French defunct (14c., Modern French defunt) or directly from Latin defunctus "dead," literally "off-duty," from past participle of defungi "to discharge, finish," from de- "off, completely" (see de-) + fungi "perform or discharge duty," from PIE root *bheug- (2) "to enjoy" (see brook (v.)).

1. They bought all their equipment from a defunct brewery in Manhattan.: 他們那些設(shè)備都是從曼哈頓一家已經(jīng)關(guān)閉的啤酒廠購買的。

2. The scheme for building an airport seems to be completely defunct now.: 建造新機(jī)場的計(jì)劃看來整個完蛋了.

3. Most of the time of the defunct had been passed in helping himself.: 死者生前大部分時間都是用來造福自己.

4. A family name becomes defunct when the only heir dies any son.: 當(dāng)唯一的繼承人死去了之后沒兒子,那這個姓就要絕跡了.

5. My November submission for the now defunct Monthly Character Exchange.: 為了網(wǎng)上人物交換畫展(現(xiàn)以停辦)畫的禮物?二零零零年十一月版.