a threadbare carpet
磨薄了的地毯
1.(衣服由于长久穿着而)露出底子的织线的;破旧的;陈腐的,陈旧的(议论等)
1.threadbare clothing, carpet, or cloth is very thin and almost has holes in it because it has been worn or used a lot; wearing or containing threadbare things
2.a threadbare idea or excuse has been used a lot and is not effective anymore
1.But, with much of this wealth tied up in horrific stock markets, tycoons are a looking a little more threadbare.
然而，由于大部分财富绑牢在可怕的股票市场，巨富们的外表看起来没那么光鲜了。
2.The next day, when his parents thought he was dead while he appeared at home with threadbare clothes on his body.
第二天就在小明的父母以为他死了，小明衣衫褴褛地出现在家里。
3.Or, on a smaller scale, you may want to take inventory of your linens to see if you need to replenish some that have become threadbare.
或者么，你可能会整理一份家织用品的清单来看看哪些是已经旧了需要更新换代的。
4.After much hand-wringing, he decided to return to the United States to attend Yale, which overlooked his threadbare high school transcript.
经过一番痛苦的煎熬，他决定返回美国去耶鲁上大学，而耶鲁也忽视了他一塌糊涂的高中成绩单。
5.Add to this the fact that no one wants to be Billy No Mates and you have the recipe for an explosion of transient and threadbare friendship.
另外，没有人希望成为没有几个朋友的可怜人，你可以拥有众多短暂而俗套的友谊。
6.Over the last decade, the threadbare credibility and legitimacy of Arab regimes was undermined by the information revolution.
过去十年间，阿拉伯各国政权的合法性以及他们糟糕的信誉度，遭到了信息革命的进一步削弱。
7.Juventus are so worried about their threadbare attack that they are thinking about recalling Davide Lanzafame from his loan spell at Parma.
尤文图斯对球队前锋的状态感到担忧，因此他们正在考虑召回被租借到帕尔玛的大卫德。兰扎法梅。
8.The textile sector is a huge employer with threadbare margins that have been worn away by currency appreciation and rising input costs.
纺织行业提供了大量的就业机会，而它的利润却被人民币升值及日益上涨的投入成本所蚕食。
9.But the West generally, with its foxy ladies and 20th century Hollywood conglomerates, can offer only relatively threadbare comparisons.
但是在当今的西方，经过狡猾妇人跟20世纪好莱坞的混合加工，只能做相近的对比了。
10.Holes have not only appeared in the bank's accounts; its initial version of events is also looking threadbare.
不仅是银行的账目，它对这一事件最初的解释也显得破绽百出。