| 词汇 | example_english_threadbare |
| 释义 | Examples of threadbareThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. The environment of our society, relative to others of its kind, looks threadbare. First, they are rather threadbare in terms of control variables. She is nearly featureless, beyond perfunctory indications of gender, and the threadbare metaphor of her wheel. Our vision, our belief, our metaphysic is wearing woefully thin, and the art is wearing absolutely threadbare. With more than two decades of the sociological analysis of science behind us it cannot come as a surprise that legends are becoming threadbare. The likelier prospect is a more threadbare safety net, obliging public clients and the uninsured to travel farther, wait longer, and (perhaps) get less attentive care. Our parliamentary delegation was then prevented from travelling to the crisis region for a variety of completely threadbare reasons. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English I thought that the coat looked a little threadbare, but it might just about last out to the next election. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We could not afford to make proposals anything like as threadbare as these. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They referred to the poor laundry service, threadbare sheets and a toilet without a seat at a teaching hospital. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe, said that the debate was already starting to run a trifle threadbare. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the absence of any such efforts, this proposal is pretty threadbare. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not want to be tempted into probing more deeply that rather threadbare object, the social contract. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I feel that there are possiblities there, and that many of us who find our pockets, after many years, getting rather threadbare. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Ministerial bluster will not hide the threadbare nature of past promises and the present failure to deliver. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 His immense learning was used in effect to endorse the same historically threadbare ' whig' propaganda. Though the soles of the shoes may be worn out the tops are kept polished; though the clothes are threadbare they are kept clean. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 With great respect it is a pretty threadbare case. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The carpet on the once magnificent staircase was threadbare, and people could easily trip if they were to walk down the stairs in the dark. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Child care provision is patchy to the point of being threadbare. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Usually they have threadbare clothing, sometimes they go naked; they go unwashed for months, perhaps forever; almost none have shoes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Their only threadbare justification is their express concern to secure greater efficiency. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Recently, a man of 79 in my constituency came to me wearing slippers and a threadbare suit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Savings are exhausted, clothes and furniture, replacement of which is impossible, become threadbare. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Again, in practice, alliance rhetoric is found to be threadbare and vacuous. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No greater hardship can arise than the rampant inflation burning large holes in the threadbare pockets of the disabled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Perhaps the hanging banners of our island history are faded and threadbare. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Now that dream, like the town centre, is threadbare and worn. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I now leave the threadbare merits and pass to the uncertainties, doubts and suspicions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The concentration of investment in one area is probably a better way of providing aid than threadbare tenuous amounts spread throughout the economy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, all the old arguments for granting the franchise, which have been worn threadbare, are being strengthened by reason of the tendencies in legislation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The subject has been debated until it is threadbare, and today we have had repetitions of many arguments for and against the nationalisation of steel. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, it is a trusteeship, except that the word "trusteeship" is nowadays rather threadbare. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If that is what we are left with, it will look pretty threadbare. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We want to get down to the threadbare facts of the situation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not think that a loud voice and considerable vehemence have really covered up a threadbare policy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We look for something other than the repetition of threadbare arguments. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They tried to pretend that it was simply a matter of drafting elegance, but this is a threadbare argument that carries no conviction at all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Of course, it is true that these arguments are now terribly threadbare, but they are threadbare on all sides. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The threadbare approach of those who describe themselves so eagerly as pragmatists leads them to deal with the symptoms and not the causes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If ever there was a weak, threadbare argument, it was that one. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At first glance, it is an attractive election promise, but now it looks very threadbare indeed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think the constitutional argument is wearing very thin, so thin as to be almost threadbare. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I will not dwell upon the arguments that have been so often used: they are now threadbare. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not think that in looking around for an argument, he believes something quite as threadbare as that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope that he will finally surrender from the threadbare defences that he is seeking to man. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are always hearing the threadbare argument about putting the fund on a proper actuarial basis. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Casual workers are left with rights at work which are threadbare and limited. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I come now to the cargo liner companies, for apparently it is on those companies that the argument has been worn threadbare. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Savings are exhausted, clothes and furniture, the replacement of which is impossible, become threadbare. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Unfortunately, the lifeboat has turned out to be a threadbare raft and the dynamite a disappointingly damp firework. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No doubt we shall get the usual sort of answer with the old threadbare arguments against accepting the amendments. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All referred to the threadbare nature of the amendment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The first is the threadbare balance of payments argument. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I can only say that there is nothing threadbare about a balance of payments deficit running at about £800 million a year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The two habitual and by now rather threadbare arguments for nationalisation cannot be used in this case. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The importance of unemployment insurance has been debated repeatedly it has almost become threadbare. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, it is getting more difficult for them, and their excuses are getting more threadbare. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The 45 million who live in these islands cannot bear everything on their threadbare shoulders. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have heard them so often that practically they are getting threadbare. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Rather than persuade opponents of the necessity of military action, that threadbare document assisted the case against war. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not want to get embroiled in that rather threadbare argument yet again, because the substance, not the shadow, is important. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To say the least, his arguments were threadbare. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Hating the scarlet is a threadbare cloak of disagreement and conceals other matters. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The argument is getting a little threadbare to-day, but it is a good argument that will stand repetition. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Then, when that had worked itself threadbare it was the economic blizzard that had come. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I happen to be a threadbare professional man. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A threadbare deterrent is perhaps the most dangerous thing of all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Hardship is cumulative; shoes wear out, coats become threadbare, socks get holes in them, leaks in the roof become more serious, and so forth. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The clothing which he brought me was torn, shrunken, threadbare, patched, and thoroughly useless for the purposes for which it was intended. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, this argument which was not plausible when first advanced, today looks even more threadbare. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Even in the short run, however, the fare argument for competition has been made to look pretty threadbare. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have read all that has been said about shoddy and threadbare programmes because the programme cost is low. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is hardly a household in the country but what is threadbare and urgently in need of replenishments of many kinds. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have to discuss it until it is threadbare. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Carriages are threadbare, and in many areas rolling stock is at the end of its useful working life. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I realise that the case for the abolition of the other place becomes a little threadbare as it is debated ahead of the general election. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A comparison of the case that it makes with this threadbare and wholly inadequate response shows who the public should believe. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have combed out and combed out until it is practically threadbare in many respects. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The technique which he adopts may have been effective once, but it is beginning to wear a little threadbare. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The subject is almost threadbare; every argument is stale and hardly admits of reiteration. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The threadbare nature of their argument has been shown in three areas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is he worried that it might look a little threadbare or amateurish? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A number of them are wearing clothes which are almost falling from their backs, threadbare. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Let us get away from the stale threadbare cries of local option and prohibition. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that the proposals are a little threadbare in places, but that is not for me to say. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I now notice that their coats are beginning to get shabby and threadbare and their footwear is becoming very badly worn. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The priority is to seek to repair the fabric of that relationship, which of late has worn so thin as to have become all but threadbare. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The carpets are probably threadbare. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The arguments are almost threadbare. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is not much point in having a seamless robe of deterrence if the conventional end, like the merchant fleet aspect, begins to look increasingly threadbare. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Most of them now look decidedly threadbare. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, he has done no service to our county this evening in describing as threadbare the arguments put forward locally by people of all parties and none. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I should have described them as threadbare. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The constitutional doctrine is increasingly implausible and threadbare, but it is used to maintain the veil of secrecy over the political process and the operation of government. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The time has at last come when all the old arguments for hanging are seen to be threadbare, based on absolutely unsupported assumptions, on pure fiction. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Little wonder that it is so threadbare. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 With players reaching the end of their contracts and loan players returning to their parent clubs, the squad was now starting to look rather threadbare. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. People can not be expected to revert to threadbare myths, he implies. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In fact, the production was not pulled until the scenery and costumes were worn and threadbare. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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