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.)).
defunct 英文释义
1. no longer in force or use; inactive;
"a defunct (or dead) law"
"a defunct organization"
2. having ceased to exist or live;
"the will of a defunct aunt"
"a defunct Indian tribe"
defunct 双语例句
1. They bought all their equipment from a defunct brewery in Manhattan.
他们那些设备都是从曼哈顿一家已经关闭的啤酒厂购买的。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The scheme for building an airport seems to be completely defunct now.
建造新机场的计划看来整个完蛋了.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. Most of the time of the defunct had been passed in helping himself.
死者生前大部分时间都是用来造福自己.
来自辞典例句
4. A family name becomes defunct when the only heir dies any son.
当唯一的继承人死去了之后没儿子,那这个姓就要绝迹了.
来自互联网
5. My November submission for the now defunct Monthly Character Exchange.
为了网上人物交换画展(现以停办)画的礼物?二零零零年十一月版.
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defunct 实用场景例句
They bought all their equipment from a defunct brewery in Manhattan.
他们那些设备都是从曼哈顿一家已经关闭的啤酒厂购买的。
柯林斯例句
A family name becomes defunct when the only heir dies any son.
当唯一的继承人死去了之后没儿子,那这个姓就要绝迹了.
互联网
My November submission for the now defunct Monthly Character Exchange.
为了网上人物交换画展(现以停办)画的礼物?二零零零年十一月版.
互联网
My February submission to the now defunct Monthly Character Exchange.
为了网上人物交换画展(现以停办)画的礼物?二零零一年二月版.
互联网
Faberg é , a defunct jewellery - maker known for its gem - encrusted eggs, relaunched in September.
这家公司曾以制作宝石镶嵌蛋闻名.
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Legendary, defunct Japanese toymaker Popy launched the Chogokin series in 1973.
目前已经不存在的玩具商POPY公司在1973年首创了“Chogokin”系列.
互联网
The party was widely thought defunct after the Tigers'rout.
普遍认为TNA在猛虎组织溃败后便形同虚设.
互联网
But the specter of the defunct Superconducting Supercollider — and the money the project ended up wasting — looms large.
