threadbare
adj. 磨破的；衣衫褴褛的；乏味的；俗套的
adj.
（衣服等）穿旧的；（衣料等）磨得很薄的；陈旧的；老一套的
英英释义
threadbare[ 'θredbεə ]
adj.
repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
"repeating threadbare jokes"
同义词：banalcommonplacehackneyedold-hatshopwornstock(a)timeworntiredtritewell-worn
having the nap worn away so that the threads show through
"threadbare rugs"
双语例句
用作形容词(adj.)
The carpets had worn rather threadbare.
地毯已磨得相当破旧了。
He had thrummed upon this topic till it is threadbare.
他对这个问题一再发言已使它成为陈词滥调。
权威例句
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threadbare (adj.)
late 14c., from thread (n.) + bare. The notion is of "having the nap worn off," leaving bare the threads.
1. China’s record as a citizen of the world is strikingly threadbare.
中国作为世界公民的记录俗套得惊人。
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2. He dropped the basket and his threadbare overcoat on the wooden table.
他把篮子和他那件破旧的大衣放到木桌上。
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3. The projects are the most visible sign of a growing Chinese presence in this threadbare little country with few natural resources and only marginal geographical advantages to tempt a great power.
该项目是中国在这个小国影响力日增的最明显迹象。这个小国没有什么自然资源，唯一吸引大国的地方是它边缘的地理优势。
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4. After much hand-wringing, he decided to return to the United States to attend Yale, which overlooked his threadbare high school transcript.
经过一番痛苦的煎熬，他决定返回美国去耶鲁上大学，而耶鲁也忽视了他一塌糊涂的高中成绩单。
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5. After sorting the shoes by size, Woodburn selects the sturdiest pairs for the washing machine and the threadbare ones for recycling.
伍德伯恩按照鞋码将鞋子分类好后， 将比较坚固的鞋子放进洗衣机里洗，非常破旧的就扔了。
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6. Nearly naked, both males and females wore ill-fitting shorts or old-fashioned knickerbockers, and three or four had donned threadbare jerseys.
他们几乎是光着身子，无论男女都穿不合身的短裤或老式的灯笼裤，有三四个穿着破旧的运动衫。
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7. They found Mary, as usual, deep in the study of thorough bass and human nature; and had some new extracts to admire, and some new observations of threadbare morality to listen to.
她们发觉曼丽还象以往一样，在埋头研究和声学以及人性的问题，她拿出了一些新的札记给她们欣赏，又发表一些对旧道德的新见解给她们听。
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8. They found Mary, as usual, deep in the study of thorough bass and human nature; and had some new extracts to admire, and some new observations of threadbare morality to listen to.
她们发觉曼丽还象以往一样，在埋头研究和声学以及人性的问题，她拿出了一些新的札记给她们欣赏，又发表一些对旧道德的新见解给她们听。
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