shabbier

英 [ˈʃæbɪə]

美 [ˈʃæbɪər]

adj. 破旧的; 破败的; 破烂的; 衣着破旧的; 不公正的; 不讲理的
shabby的比较级

ADJ-GRADED 破旧的;破败的;破烂的
Shabby things or places look old and in bad condition.
1. His clothes were old and shabby...
  他的衣服又旧又破。
2. He walked past her into a tiny, shabby room.
  他从她身边经过，走进了一个狭小简陋的房间。
3. ...one of the shabbiest and poorest areas of London.
  伦敦最贫穷、最肮脏的地区之一
ADJ-GRADED (人)衣着破旧的;衣衫褴褛的
A person who is shabby is wearing old, worn clothes.
1. ...a shabby, tall man with dark eyes.
  一个黑眼睛、高个子、穿得破破烂烂的男子
ADJ-GRADED (行为)不公正的，卑鄙的，卑劣的,令人无法接受的
If you describe someone's behaviour as shabby, you think they behave in an unfair or unacceptable way.
1. It was hard to say why the man deserved such shabby treatment...
  真搞不懂为什么这个人就该受到如此不公正的待遇。
2. I knew it was shabby of me, but I couldn't help feeling slightly disappointed.
  我知道我不应该这么想，但我还是不禁觉得有点失望。

点击展开全文

In the freezing weather, the snow-covered cottage appears even shabbier.
天寒地冻，覆雪的小屋显得更加贫穷。
The whole world would become shabbier without the splendid translations of literary works from all nationalities.
如果没有各民族光辉灿烂的文学著作的翻译，整个世界都将减色。
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。
The engineering question would be shabbier if we unscramble engineering under the knowledge theory and the normal of technology and if we think it is the extension and application of technology.
在知识论和技术的范式下解读工程，把工程看成科学和技术的延伸和应用，将会使工程问题蔽而不明。
Families are paying the bankers 'bills through rising taxes, shabbier public services and higher unemployment.
通过税负增加、公共服务质量下降和失业率攀升的方式，普通家庭正在为银行家们埋单。
The city into which I was born was poorer, shabbier, and more isolated than it had ever been before in its two-thousand-year history.
我出生的城市在她2000年的历史中从不曾如此贫穷、破败、孤立。