shabbier 破旧的
卑劣的(shabby的比较级)
- As we can see in the picture, a school built for migrant workers’ children is much shabbier and poorly furnished compared with a key public school.
正如图中所示,一所专门为外来子弟所建的学校相比某重点中学显得十分破旧矮小。 - Today, five years later, Ratti Bai’s sari was even shabbier, her hair even more gray and her eyes twice as dazed.
五年以后的今天,拉蒂巴姨身上的纱丽甚至更破旧了,就连头发也比以前花白了很多,眼睛也花了两倍。
Shabby \Shab"by\, a. [Compar. {Shabbier}; superl. {Shabbiest}.]
[See {Shab}, n., {Scabby}, and {Scab}.]
1. Torn or worn to rage; poor; mean; ragged.
Wearing shabby coats and dirty shirts. --Macaulay.
2. Clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments. ``The
dean was so shabby.'' --Swift.
3. Mean; paltry; despicable; as, shabby treatment. ``Very
shabby fellows.'' --Clarendon.