threadbare
发音
英 [ˈθredbeə(r)]
美 [ˈθredber]
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- adj.
- （衣服等）穿旧的
- （衣料等）磨得很薄的
- 陈旧的
- 老一套的
单词词源
threadbare 陈旧的，陈腐的
thread,线，bare,裸露的。引申词义陈旧的，陈腐的。
双语例句
- 1. Meanwhile , an already threadbare safety net keeps thinning .
- 同时，一张已被久经磨损的安全网单薄依旧。
- 2. Threadbare sales had prompted some onlookers to question whether all the exhibitors would still be around come autumn .
- 陈腐的销售使一些旁观者产生疑问，到秋天的时候所有这些参展商还会再来吗？
- 3. In their threadbare logic and refusal to acknowledge moral complexity , these views are almost interchangeable .
- 这两种观点在缺乏逻辑和拒绝承认道德的复杂性方面，可谓半斤八两。
- 4. Our affection for him needs no threadbare explanation .
- 我们对他的爱戴不需要作老生常谈的说明。
- 5. And many see the current un conference as the last chance to shore up an increasingly threadbare nuclear non-proliferation treaty .
- 而在许多人看来，本次联合国会议是支持越来越显得陈腐的“核不扩散条约”的最后机会。