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

• Left his reputation, life, career, etc in tatters.
  使他的名誉、生活、事业等受损害。
• His clothes hung in tatters.
  他的衣服破成了条儿耷拉着。
• The Doha round of trade talks is in tatters, because farm protection is still too precious.
  由于对农业的过分保护，已使得多哈回合谈判满目苍夷。
• 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。
• This silk painting is in tatters.
  帛画已经破碎。
• 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。
• The flag of peace hung in tatters.
  和平的旗帜被撕得粉碎。
• The government's education policy lies in tatters.
  政府的教育政策彻底破产了。
• My reputation is in tatters.
  我的名誉扫地。
• 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。