threadbare

Pride may lurk under a threadbare cloak .

骄傲可能会潜藏在穿旧的斗篷下。

She sat cross-legged on a square of threadbare carpet .

她盘腿坐在一块破旧的方形地毯上。

The furniture was threadbare ; he 'd obviously picked it up for nothing

这件家具很破旧，显然他是白捡来的了。

Even the new excuses created by technology are starting to look threadbare .

即便是技术创造出的新借口也开始显得老套。

Talk about getting something had become even too threadbare and ridiculous for him .

关于要找事做的那套话，连他自己都觉得乏味可笑。

( cause sth to ) become useless , threadbare or exhausted through use

（使某事物）用得不能再用、用坏或耗尽

Arm is a unique asset in a somewhat threadbare UK tech landscape .

ARM在英国乏善可陈的科技领域一枝独秀。

Analysis and Prevention of Threadbare in Corduroy Printing

灯芯绒圆网印花坑底露白疵病的分析及防止

A lack of elegance as a consequence of wearing threadbare or dirty clothing .

穿着破旧不堪或脏衣服而缺乏优雅。

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。

She produced the old threadbare excuses & the alarm didn 't go off , the train was late , etc.

她说着老一套的借口&闹钟没响，火车晚点等等。

The Defence Department generally defended its existing programs , though the rationale for them was growing threadbare .

一般来说，国防部总是为它自己的计划辩护，尽管这些计划的论据已日益显得陈腐。

Life in peacetime Britain was grey , threadbare , dreary and hopeless .

和平时期英国的生活是灰色、乏味、沉闷并且无望的。

The pivotal technologic problems such as cleavage , strength decline , tree bark and threadbare were solved .

解决了披裂、强力下降、树皮皱、露白等关键技术难点。

In their threadbare logic and refusal to acknowledge moral complexity , these views are almost interchangeable .

这两种观点在缺乏逻辑和拒绝承认道德的复杂性方面，可谓半斤八两。

And many see the current UN conference as the last chance to shore up an increasingly threadbare nuclear non-proliferation treaty .

而在许多人看来，本次联合国会议是支持越来越显得陈腐的核不扩散条约的最后机会。

My angel was sewing the ragged pieces of cloth together , threadbare and empty , like binding air .

我的天使把每一块破烂的布都缝在一起，磨破烂了的洞像结冰的空气。

The carpets had worn rather threadbare .

地毯已磨得相当破旧了。

The textile sector is a huge employer with threadbare margins that have been worn away by currency appreciation and rising input costs .

纺织行业提供了大量的就业机会，而它的利润却被人民币升值及日益上涨的投入成本所蚕食。

A frayed or threadbare spot , as on fabric . a tool or machine used for wearing down or smoothing or polishing .

磨损处（如织物上的）磨散或磨光绒毛之处用来磨平打磨或抛光的工具或机器。

But , with much of this wealth tied up in horrific stock markets , tycoons are a looking a little more threadbare .

然而，由于大部分财富绑牢在可怕的股票市场，巨富们的外表看起来没那么光鲜了。

He wore his coat threadbare .

他把外套都穿破了。

By analyzing the reasons for threadbare of dyed ramie fabrics and comparing dyeing and finishing processes , measures were put forward to avoid and solve this problem .

通过对染色苎麻织物漏白问题的成因分析及染整工艺对比试验，提出了解决苎麻织物染色漏白问题的染整加工方法，较好地解决了苎麻织物染色漏白问题。

Showing great reserves of determination , Mervyn Matthews spent the next five years running a threadbare but relentless campaign to get Lyudmila to Britain .

为使恋人能够来到英国，茂文•马修斯表现出了巨大的决心，进行了五年微不足道但却不屈不挠的抗争。

Or , on a smaller scale , you may want to take inventory of your linens to see if you need to replenish some that have become threadbare .

或者么，你可能会整理一份家织用品的清单来看看哪些是已经旧了需要更新换代的。

Add to this the fact that no one wants to be Billy No Mates and you have the recipe for an explosion of transient and threadbare friendship .

另外，没有人希望成为没有几个朋友的可怜人，你可以拥有众多短暂而俗套的友谊。

As the old man stares down at the threadbare carpet , a mangy dog chews at scraps under the kitchen sink .

当这老人凝视脚下磨掉了毛的地毯时，一只脱了毛的狗正在厨房污水槽下嚼食残羹剩饭。

But Mr Park was more convincing in portraying himself as the capital 's " first welfare mayor " in a country with only threadbare social-safety nets .

但朴先生的立场更令人折服，他把自己描绘成了这个社保陈旧的国家中前无古人的“民生市长”。

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。

This diversity results from people 's flexibility in ascribing unique value to objects ranging from a hand-scrawled note from a loved one to a threadbare t-shirt that others might consider worthless .

人们的回答之所以各不相同，是因为物品被附加的特殊价值因人而异，从一张至亲挚爱手写的纸条到一件别人可能认为一文不值的破T恤，都可以是某人心中的无价宝。