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词汇 shabbily
释义 shabbily
adverb
uk /ˈʃæb.əl.i/ us /ˈʃæb.əl.i/

shabbilyadverb (BAD CONDITION)


in a way that looks old and in bad condition because of being used for a long time or not being cared for: 破烂地,破旧地
shabbily dressed
It was a mean, shabbily furnished room, with a bed in it. 那是一个简陋,家具破烂的房间,里面有一张床。
Standing in front of her was a tall, shabbily dressed man who looked as if he hadn't shaved in weeks.
She has organized the trip, a journey through India aboard a shabbily elegant train.
We met in his shabbily grand wood-panelled room in London.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

In bad condition
battered
battle-scarred
be on the skidsidiom
beat someone up
blasted
have seen better daysidiom
hors de combat
impaired
in decay
in good, bad, etc. repairidiom
ruined
run someone/something down
sad
scarred
scuffed
the worse for wearidiom
well worn
worm-eaten
worn out
worse

shabbilyadverb (NOT FAIRLY)


in a way that is withouthonour, unfair, or unacceptable: 不光彩地;不公正地;不能接受地
The hostages were shabbily treated when they came home.人质回家后受到了不光彩的对待。
They treated strangers shabbily in order to feel better about themselves.他们粗暴地对待陌生人来让自己感觉好一点。
See
shabby
I felt I had behaved a little shabbily.
Industry leaders said the report is misleading and shabbily researched.
You've treated your family pretty shabbily, you know.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Dishonest
artificiality
bad faith
be rotten to the coreidiom
bent
cowboy
dubiously
false
finagle
fishy
fly-by-night
malfeasance
mendacious
mendaciously
misleading
misleadingly
under false pretencesphrase
underhand
unreliability
unreliable
unscrupulous

shabbily | American Dictionary


shabbily
adverb
us/ˈʃæb·ə·li/

shabbilyadverb (IN A WAY THAT LOOKS OLD)


in a way that shows signs of age, wear, or lack of care:
A shabbily dressed man lay sleeping in the park.

shabbilyadverb (IN AN UNFAIR WAY)


in a way that is unfair or does not show respect:
Lawsuits arise when people feel that they were treated shabbily.

Examples of shabbily


shabbily
It is difficult to decide if it is really a clue, since presumably even people employed in this way would be likely to be shabbily dressed.
The interests of those suffering for many years in the area from blighting uncertainty would be shabbily served by postponing the inquiry.
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I have among my constituents seafaring men who have lost their belongings, and so far they have been very shabbily treated indeed.
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They could not possibly ignore the overwhelming evidence that the conurbations had been shabbily treated in the past.
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He spoke about ringing a death knell, about treating small businesses shabbily, about this pestilent clause.
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The invisible earnings have shown us that only manufacturing industry will save the country, yet we have treated it abominably, shabbily and disgracefully.
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He did this by treating the industry so shabbily that consultation became a farce, and he knows it.
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I find it a very shabbily argued document.
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I also felt that my constituent had been shabbily treated, without any explanation for this extraordinary behaviour.
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I do not think that any industry has had a harder time or been more shabbily treated than the fishing industry.
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They have treated him as shabbily as a miner.
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There are many bruised people who feel they have been treated most shabbily.
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There is no question but that they have been shabbily treated.
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That is all the more reason why we should not treat them shabbily in terms of pensions.
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The trade unions, who loyally observed the undertaking of the committee of the 17 trade organisations, feel that their restraint has been rather shabbily rewarded.
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