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

• The economy is in tatters.
  经济已千疮百孔。
• With the reputation of market discipline in tatters, central bankers will get vast new supervisory powers.
  随着市场秩序名声扫地，央行官员们将获得新的巨大的监管权。
• 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 government had to fight off charges that its economic policy was in tatters.
  政府不得不对指责其经济政策一团糟的言论加以驳斥。
• Our strategy for Vietnam was in tatters.
  我们的越南战略已经支离破碎。
• And at a time when the US financial system is in tatters in part because of lax regulation, it becomes harder to lecture countries such as China on the superiority of the US political system.
  而且，在美国金融体系部分由于宽松监管而陷于一团糟的时候，要对中国这样的国家推介美国政治制度的优越性，也变得更难了。
• Years of debate over Iraq and terrorism have left our unity on national security issues in tatters, and created a highly polarized and partisan backdrop for this effort.
  多年来，由于就伊拉克和恐怖主义争执不下，我们在国家安全问题上意见难以统一，走向两个极端，以党派划线。
• 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。
• His jersey was left in tatters.
  他的运动衫已破烂不堪。
• 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。