释义 |
irrepair rare.|ɪrɪˈpɛə(r)| [ir-2.] Unrepaired state; = disrepair.
1822Cobbett Rur. Rides (1886) I. 201 The whole is falling into a state of irrepair. 1830Ibid. (1885) II. 302 The cathedral is in a state of disgraceful irrepair and disfigurement. 1884Fortn. Rev. Mar. 350 Leasehold tenure..led to the supply of poor, mean, and rotten habitations, and it had almost of necessity permitted them to fall into irrepair in the latter years of the lease. |