| 词汇 | shabbiness |
| 释义 | shabbiness noun[ U ] uk /ˈʃæb.i.nəs/ us /ˈʃæb.i.nəs/ shabbinessnoun[U] (BAD APPEARANCE)the quality of looking old or in bad condition because of being used for a long time or not being cared for: Julia noticed the shabbiness of the well-washed paintwork and the cracks in the ceiling. The train itself has an elegant shabbiness to it. The afternoon sunlight poured through the tall window and showed up the shabbiness of the curtains. His lips tightened as he noted the shabbiness and poor quality furnishings. I was shocked at the shabbiness of her clothes. 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 shabbinessnoun[U] (UNFAIRNESS)the quality of being without honour, unfair, or unacceptable: 不光彩;不公正;不能容忍的行为 We should not ignore the shabbiness and dishonesty of their politics.我们不应忽视他们在政治上的卑鄙和不诚实。 He is aware of his own moral shabbiness in seeking to save himself by ditching his wife.他很清楚抛弃妻子来拯救自己的行为在道德上是非常卑鄙的。 See shabby I don't claim for a second that this kind of shabbiness is unique to this party. When a man has got a reputation as a leader he may indulge himself in almost any shabbiness. I must protest about the shabbiness of the Court's ruling. 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 Examples of shabbinessshabbiness The contrast is between earlier heroic struggles and the shabbiness of modern political farce. I have been struck by the shabbiness of the arguments which have been advanced by otherwise intelligent men in support of this despicable measure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This really is shabbiness carried to an extremity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The result has been the increasing shabbiness, poverty and unemployment of the people of this country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At best, it may be said that a certain shabbiness in public goods might be endured for the benefit of some. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I recall particularly the shabbiness of the coats of those unselfish women, who for many years had been unable to afford new clothes for themselves. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is too much shabbiness and squalor, and there is often a drugs culture. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They leave off that collar; they come to shabbiness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They feel that they have been treated with appalling shabbiness under phase 3 over their justifiable demand to have their pay situation treated as an anomaly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I apologise for the total inadequacy and the shabbiness of my intervention at this stage in the wholly unforeseen circumstances of my being present here this afternoon. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is another example of shabbiness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As of 2012, however, the corridor included some pockets of shuttered stores and creeping shabbiness and local planners were in the first stages of efforts to revitalize the corridor. 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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