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基本英英词源记法近义反义例句Thesaurus例句
adj.磨破的⁵⁰;陈腐的⁵⁰
肮脏陈腐，堕落
Adjective:
repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse;bromidic sermons his remarks were trite and commonplace hackneyed phrases a stock answer repeating threadbare jokes parroting some timeworn axiom the trite metaphor `hard as nails' having the nap worn away so that the threads show through;threadbare rugs thread,线，bare,裸露的。引申词义陈旧的，陈腐的。GRE红宝书thread线, barev 露出一磨破以至粗线都露了出来的－
thread + bare 露出
组合词：thread线+ bare露出→露出线头→磨破的GRE难词记忆threadbare→thread n.线+bare v.赤裸，露出→衣服露出线头的→穿旧的threadn.线+barev.赤裸，露出→衣服露出线头的⇒穿旧的组合词thread线+ bare露出→ 露出线头 ⇒磨破的近义词 thin薄的stock存货worn用旧的trite平庸的banal陈腐的corny谷类的tired疲倦的shabby破旧的tatty不整洁的scruffy邋遢的stale不新鲜的old-hat过时的worn-out磨损的tattered破烂的timeworn陈旧的ragged衣衫褴褛的boring令人厌烦的commonplace平凡的well-worn用旧了的ineffective无效的frayed动词fray的过去式,动…shopworn在商店中陈列旧了的…hackneyed指词语﹑ 言辞等陈腐…
形容词96%,名词4%
用作形容词The carpets had worn ratherthreadbare.地毯已磨得相当破旧了。
He had thrummed upon this topic till it isthreadbare.他对这个问题一再发言已使它成为陈词滥调。adj.worn, frayed
同义词 faded,ratty,scruffy,shabby,shopworn,tacky,tatteredbeat up,damaged,dilapidated,dingy,dog-eared,down-at-the-heel,frowzy,impaired,injured,old,ragged,run down,seedy,timeworn,used,used-up,worn-out,worse for wear
反义词 fresh,new,unusedunwornadj.trite, corny
同义词 musty,stalebanal,bathetic,cliché,clichéd,cliché-ridden,common,commonplace,conventional,dull,everyday,familiar,hackneyed,imitative,moth-eaten,overused,poor,set,stereotyped,stock,tedious,tired,uncreative,well-worn,worn-out
反义词 newfresh,unusedunworn
bedraggledadjective unkempt
decrepit,dilapidated,dirty,disheveled,disordered,dowdy,drenched,dripping,faded,messy,muddied,muddy,run down,seedy,shabby,sloppy,slovenly,sodden,soiled,stained,sullied,tacky,tattered,untidy,wet
boringadjective uninteresting
arid,bomb,bromidic,bummer,characterless,cloying,colorless,commonplace,dead,drab,drag,drudging,dull,flat,ho-hum,humdrum,insipid,interminable,irksome,lifeless,monotonous,moth-eaten,mundane,nothing,nowhere,platitudinous,plebeian,prosaic,repetitious,routine,spiritless,stale,stereotyped,stodgy,stuffy,stupid,tame,tedious,threadbare,tiresome,tiring,trite,unexciting,uninteresting,unvaried,vapid,wearisome,well-worn,zero
broken-downadjective dilapidated
battered,bedraggled,decrepit,deteriorated,falling apart,in disrepair,infirm,neglected,old,ramshackle,run down,seedy,shabby,threadbare,unsound
bromidicadjective trite
banal,clichéd,commonplace,dull,hackneyed,overused,platitudinal,platitudinous,prosaic,shopworn,stale,stereotyped,stereotypic,stereotypical,stock,threadbare,timeworn,tired,unimaginative,unoriginal,warmed-over,well-worn,worn-out
clichédadjective trite
banal,bromidic,commonplace,overused,platitudinal,platitudinous,ready-made,stale,stereotyped,stereotypic,stereotypical,threadbare,trite,warmed-over,worn-out
commonplaceadjective usual, everyday
boiler plate,characterless,clichéd,colorless,conventional,corny,customary,dime-a-dozen,familiar,familiar tune,garden variety,hackneyed,humdrum,lowly,mainstream,matter-of-course,mediocre,middle-of-the-road,middling,mundane,natural,normal,obvious,ordinary,pedestrian,plebeian,prevalent,prosaic,run-of-the-mill,stale,starch,stereotyped,threadbare,trite,typical,uneventful,unexceptional,uninteresting,unnoteworthy,vanilla,widespread,workaday,worn-out Given the unfolding catastrophe on Britain’s doorstep, it is likely to look threadbare.
在英国家门口的台阶上就把逐渐现形的经济危机拦住，这种办法看起来真够俗套的。 ecocn
Holes have not only appeared in the bank's accounts; its initial version of events is also looking threadbare.
不仅是银行的账目，它对这一事件最初的解释也显得破绽百出。 ecocn
The threadbare inventory the authors discovered in the village store outside Hyderabad is only one example.
作者在海德拉巴城外乡村看到的捉襟见肘小店就是一个例子。 ecocn
The New Star philosophy of rewarding managers with bonuses in shares, not cash, looks threadbare now that the shares will be both heavily diluted and delisted from the London Stock Exchange.
新星用股份而非现金来奖励其基金经理的哲学现在则已被视为破履，因为公司股份一方面被严重稀释，而另一方面又被伦敦交易所除牌。 ecocn
After much hand- wringing, he decided to return to the United States to attend Yale, which overlooked his threadbare high school transcript.
经过一番痛苦的煎熬，他决定返回美国去耶鲁上大学，而耶鲁也忽视了他一塌糊涂的高中成绩单。 yeeyan
After sorting the shoes by size, Woodburn selects the sturdiest pairs for the washing machine and the threadbare ones for recycling.
伍德伯恩按照鞋码将鞋子分类好后， 将比较坚固的鞋子放进洗衣机里洗，非常破旧的就扔了。 yeeyan
And so on a Wednesday evening, I went to Mr. Feinberg’s office, which is almost threadbare compared with most of his peers’ temples of wood-paneled walls and platinum-plated bathroom fixtures.
所以在某个周三的晚上，我来到费伯格先生看起来有点寒酸的办公室，而与他身份相同的人都拥有实木墙面、镀白金洗手间的豪华办公室。 yeeyan
At some institutions, mounting losses are making the cushions of capital held for times of crisis look increasingly threadbare.
对某些机构来说，越积越多的损失使它们为市场危机准备的缓冲资本变得不堪一击。 ecocn
But the West generally, with its foxy ladies and20th century Hollywood conglomerates, can offer only relatively threadbare comparisons.
但是在当今的西方，经过狡猾妇人跟20世纪好莱坞的混合加工，只能做相近的对比了。 yeeyan
He dropped the basket and his threadbare overcoat on the wooden table.
他把篮子和他那件破旧的大衣放到木桌上。 yeeyan
Indeed, the authors argue that the gun market may be threadbare partly because the drug market is so plump.
事实上，作者还认为枪支市场可能获利很薄，部分原因就在于毒品市场是利润丰厚。 ecocn
Nearly naked, both males and females wore ill-fitting shorts or old-fashioned knickerbockers, and three or four had donned threadbare jerseys.
他们几乎是光着身子，无论男女都穿不合身的短裤或老式的灯笼裤，有三四个穿着破旧的运动衫。 ebigear
Or, on a smaller scale, you may want to take inventory of your linens to see if you need to replenish some that have become threadbare.
或者么，你可能会整理一份家织用品的清单来看看哪些是已经旧了需要更新换代的。 hjenglish
Standing on the threadbare carpet runner in the hall, my father blinks.
我爸爸站在通道里破旧的地毯上，眨着眼。 yeeyan |