OLD/NOT YOUNGbecoming old and showing the effects of getting older 变老的,衰老的SYN ageing
a senescent industry
衰落的行业
—senescence noun [uncountableU]
Examples from the Corpus
senescent• Mr Lee seemed a gentleman, but senescent, and a gentleman from quite another, distant age.• Unusual numbers of dead holly trees with senescent branches or main trunks; 2.• His brief was to convey coal as a developing rather than a senescent industry.• I stopped walking and stared wide-eyed as the rest of the senescent strollers proceeded out of this dimension.