no longer existing, operating or being used 已灭绝的;不再起作用的;不再使用的 a largely defunct railway network 一个基本上已经废弃的铁路网
Extra ExamplesHe wrote many articles for the now sadly defunct newspaper, the Daily Correspondent. 他以前给《每日通讯》写过许多文章,可惜这份报纸现在已经停刊了。 The LP was made defunct by the arrival of the CD. 激光唱盘的出现使得密纹唱片过时了。 These machines are now considered defunct. 这些机器现在被认为失效了。 the ruined buildings of a long defunct mine 废弃已久的矿上的荒废建筑
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- make something
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- almost
- largely
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Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘deceased’): from Latin defunctus ‘dead’, past participle of defungi ‘carry out, finish’, from de- (expressing reversal) + fungi ‘perform’.