Tatters
n. 破旧衣服, 破衣服, 破布条, 碎纸片
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
tatters
n[pl]
1 irregularly torn pieces of cloth, etc; rags 碎布; 破旧的衣服
a poor beggar dressed in rags and tatters 衣衫褴褛的、 可怜的乞丐
His clothes hung in tatters. 他的衣服破成了条儿耷拉著.
2 (idm 习语) in tatters destroyed; ruined 破坏的; 毁坏的; 毁灭的
left his reputation, life, career, etc in tatters 使他的名誉、 生活、 事业等受损害
She replied to my points so convincingly that my argument was soon in tatters. 她反驳我提出的各点都很有说服力, 很快就将我的论点驳倒.
🗣️ 情景例句
John isn't here today. That figures, he looked very sick yesterday.
约翰今天没有来，怪不得，他昨天就好像不太舒服。
It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest.
家丑不可外扬。
Even more processes are never patented at all but kept as secret processes.
更多的工艺过程根本就不会取得专利权，而是作为秘方保存着。