threadbare

英 [ˈθredbeə(r)]

美 [ˈθredber]

adj.  穿旧的; 磨薄的; 破旧的; 老一套的; 陈腐的

GRETEM8

BNC.20165 / COCA.19064

牛津词典

adj.

• 穿旧的；磨薄的；破旧的
  old and thin because it has been used a lot
  1. a threadbare carpet
     磨薄了的地毯
• 老一套的；陈腐的
  that does not have much effect, especially because it has been used too much

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED (衣服、地毯等)破旧的，磨薄的，陈旧的
  Threadbareclothes, carpets, and other pieces of cloth look old, dull, and very thin, because they have been worn or used too much.
  1. 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。
• ADJ-GRADED (活动、想法、论点)无力的，不充分的，陈旧乏味的
  If you describe an activity, an idea, or an argument asthreadbare, you mean that it is very weak, or inadequate, or old and no longer interesting.
  1. ...the government's threadbare domestic policies.
     政府陈腐的国内政策

英英释义

adj

• repeated too often
  1. bromidic sermons
  2. his remarks were trite and commonplace
  3. hackneyed phrases
  4. a stock answer
  5. repeating threadbare jokes
  6. parroting some timeworn axiom
  7. the trite metaphor `hard as nails'
  Synonym:banalcommonplacehackneyedold-hatshopwornstock(a)timeworntiredtritewell-worn
• having the nap worn away so that the threads show through
  1. threadbare rugs

双语例句

• 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”。
• 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。
• 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。
• The Entrance Hall is a large room with peeling wallpaper, threadbare carpet, gas lamps, and a serpent-shaped, cobwebby candleabra.
  一楼门廊是一个巨大的房间，墙上贴着剥落的墙纸，破旧的地毯，煤气灯和一个大蛇形状的蛛网状枝形吊灯和枝形烛台。
• 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。
• 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 shabby, threadbare dress, in its best days, couldn't have been labeled a "gown." there was no train, no veil.
  那身破旧褴褛的衣服，在新的时候也不能算是“礼服”。即没有拖裙，也没有面纱。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。