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- threadbare
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ADJ-GRADED
(衣服、地毯等)破旧的，磨薄的，陈旧的 Threadbare clothes, carpets, and other pieces of cloth look old, dull, and very thin, because they have been worn or used too much.
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She sat cross-legged on a square of threadbare carpet.
她盘腿坐在一块破旧的方形地毯上。
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ADJ-GRADED
(活动、想法、论点)无力的，不充分的，陈旧乏味的 If you describe an activity, an idea, or an argument as threadbare, you mean that it is very weak, or inadequate, or old and no longer interesting.
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...the government's threadbare domestic policies.
政府陈腐的国内政策
- Adjective
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1. repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse;
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2. having the nap worn away so that the threads show through;
- "threadbare rugs"
- 1. The carpets had worn rather threadbare.
- 地毯已磨得相当破旧了。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. The coat is worn threadbare.
- 这件外衣已经穿旧了。
来自《简明英汉词典》
