tatters

英 [ˈtætəz]

美 [ˈtætərz]

n.  破烂的衣服; 破衣烂布

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习惯用语

n.

in tatters
• 破烂不堪；破破烂烂
  torn in many places
• His clothes were in tatters.
  他的衣服破旧不堪。
• 被毁坏的；破败的；坍塌的
  ruined or badly damaged
• Her reputation was in tatters.
  她已名誉扫地。
• The government's education policy lies in tatters.
  政府的教育政策彻底破产了。

牛津词典

noun

• 破烂的衣服；破衣烂布
  clothes or pieces of cloth that are badly torn

柯林斯词典

• N-PLURAL 破烂衣服
  Clothes that arein tattersare badly torn in several places, so that pieces can easily come off.
  1. His jersey was left in tatters.
     他的运动衫已破烂不堪。
• N-PLURAL (计划、心情等)千疮百孔，历经挫折，不堪一击
  If you say that something such as a plan or a person's state of mind isin tatters, you are emphasizing that it is weak, has suffered a lot of damage, and is likely to fail completely.
  1. The economy is in tatters.
     经济已千疮百孔。

双语例句

• Above the splintered mast a sail rent to tatters was waving;
  在那折断的桅杆上，有一张裂成碎片的帆还在飘着。
• The country is on the verge of bankruptcy and, even more important for those of Viking stock, its international reputation is in tatters.
  这个国家濒临破产，对维京种族更为重要的是，它的国际声誉被毁坏。
• She was barefooted and in rags, as on the day when she had so resolutely entered his chamber, only her rags were two months older now, the holes were larger, the tatters more sordid.
  她赤着一双脚，穿一身破烂衣服，仍是那天那么坚定地走进他屋子时的那模样，不过她的破衣又多拖了两个月，洞更大了，烂布片也更脏了。
• The economy is in tatters.
  经济已千疮百孔。
• By the time Queiroz comes back, the qualifying campaign could be in tatters.
  等奎罗斯回来的时候冠军杯的资格赛目标应该已经梦碎了。
• The business of extracting fat fees from creating complex debt structures is in tatters.
  通过制造复杂借贷结构而从中获取丰厚费用的经营方法已经失败。
• He lived in a cave and his single robe was in tatters.
  他住在一个山洞里，他唯一的那件袍子已破烂不堪。
• He arrived with his garments in tatters.
  他来了，身上的衣服破旧不堪。
• Our strategy for Vietnam was in tatters.
  我们的越南战略已经支离破碎。
• This painting on silk is in tatters.
  这张帛画已经破碎了。