Neglect, dilapidation, storm and fire have gradually reduced it to a rusting hulk, like the rib-cage of a whale.

失修、荒废、风暴和火灾使它逐渐沦为生锈的废船，就像鲸鱼的胸腔。

Right before us, at the southern end, we saw the wreck of a ship in the last stages of dilapidation.

在船头正前方的南端，我们看见一艘船的残骸要烂得塌下来。

If there's leakage or dilapidation of one or more smaller devices, the left can work as before, so to improve the safety.

当一个或几个小装置发生泄漏或破损时，其余的小装置仍能基本维持装置的功能，提高装置的安全性能。

In this thesis, according to the condition of Mujia Hill, the method of roof cutting and ore pillar dilapidation is proposed.

提出用切顶与矿柱崩落法处理木架山采空区。

Only so, can the forepart dilapidation of the asphalt road surface be decrease radically to improve the road quality entirely.

只有这样，才能从根本上减少沥青路面的早期破损现象的发生，使公路建设质量全面提高。