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.)).
雙語例句
1. They bought all their equipment from a defunct brewery in Manhattan.
他們那些設備都是從曼哈頓一家已經關閉的啤酒廠購買的。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The scheme for building an airport seems to be completely defunct now.
建造新機場的計劃看來整個完蛋了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
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.
來自辭典例句
4. A family name becomes defunct when the only heir dies any son.
當唯一的繼承人死去了之后沒兒子,那這個姓就要絕跡了.
來自互聯網
5. My November submission for the now defunct Monthly Character Exchange.