1.He had a ragtag band of criminals ready to pick up the slack .
他就让一群乌合之众的犯人来收拾这个烂摊子。
2.But when Lawrence looked at his ragtag band of Bedouin fighters he realized that a direct attack on Medina would never succeed.
不过Lawrence知道其麾下贝多因民兵的战斗力是多么地低下，因而对麦地那的直接进攻是必败无疑的。
3.In our ragtag band of scientists with nothing to lose,
在我们这群一无所有的破烂科学家当中