Meanwhile, facilities are threadbare. Half of primary schools have no electricity.

同时，教育设施也很破旧。一半小学没通电。

In Omeapa, Guerrero, a group of mothers, some wrapped in threadbare shawls, pray in a small church.

格雷罗州Omeapa市，一些母亲戴着陈旧围巾在一座小教堂里祈祷。

The prince pulled the threadbare stuff aside.

王子把破旧东西拉到一边。

His wife was Ramona Desborough, who was not exactly threadbare herself.

他妻子是雷蒙娜·德斯伯勒 (Ramona Desborough)， 她自己也算不上破旧。

He could hear nothing, but the drip, drip on the threadbare carpet.

他什么也听不见，只听见滴滴答答滴落在破旧地毯上声音。

Ten-year-old James sits on a threadbare sofa and watches his mother.

十岁詹姆斯坐在破旧沙发上看着他母亲。

But their faces were as threadbare as a bookkeeper's office coat.

但他们脸像簿办公室外套一样破旧。

He saw the same pinched faces, threadbare homespuns, bare feet and bent shoulders.

他看到同样憔悴面孔、破旧土布、赤脚肩膀。

He pulls his old threadbare coat closer to his body with long knobby fingers.

他用长而多节手指将那件破旧外套拉近身体。

Christy glanced at his own threadbare knees, and then at Fred's beautiful white trousers.

克里斯蒂瞥一眼自己光秃秃膝盖， 又看看弗雷德漂亮白裤子。

He wore a frayed shirt, without a tie, a brown, threadbare coat, and a pair of shabby gray slacks.

他穿着一件破旧衬衫， 没有系领带， 身穿一件破旧棕色外套一条破旧灰色长裤。

Even the florid carpet on which Ronald's tottering footsteps had been taken was carefully matched when it became too threadbare.

甚至罗纳德 (Ronald) 蹒跚脚步踩过华丽地毯在变得太破旧时也经过精心搭配。

Harry had slid off his chair on to his knees and was now crouching on the singed and threadbare hearthrug, gazing into the flames.

哈利已经从椅子上滑下来跪在地上，这时他正俯身趴在壁炉前布满焦痕绽线地毯上，直瞪瞪地望着火苗。

By then I had noticed the ripped seams on the old lady's coat, the threadbare, well-worn quality of the clothes around me.

到那时我已经注意到老太太外套上接缝被撕裂，我周围衣服破旧不堪。

He was dressed in a sort of Norfolk jacket of blue serge worn threadbare, with breeches of the same, and grey worsted stockings.

他穿着一件诺福克风格破旧蓝色哔叽夹克， 下身搭配同样马裤灰色精纺长袜。

His shaggy hair hung below a shapeless hat, and his threadbare shirt and trousers had been rained on and slept in. He smelled like a bonfire.

蓬乱头发从那顶不像样帽子下露出来，破破烂烂衬衣裤子显然被雨水淋湿过，还穿着睡过觉。他浑身散发着一种篝火烧焦味道。

Mary admired the keen-faced handsome little Vicar in his well-brushed threadbare clothes more than any man she had had the opportunity of knowing.

玛丽比她有机会认识任何一个男人都更欣赏这位面容敏锐、英俊、穿着梳理得整整齐破旧衣服小副主教。

Becky cried, and Tom tried to think of some way of comforting her, but all his encouragements were grown threadbare with use, and sounded like sarcasms.

贝基哭，汤姆想办法安慰她，但他所有鼓励都变得陈旧，听起来像是讽刺。

The elaborate stone carvings of solemn vanaras at the end of each tier were chipped and moss-covered, and the satin cushions on the seats looked threadbare.

每层末端庄严瓦纳拉精致石雕都已破损且长满青苔，座位上缎面坐垫看起来也很破旧。

Thus however threadbare the abstraction--Hot and Cold, or Envy, or The Conduct of Life, or The Picturesque and the Ideal--he has something solid to write about.

因此，无论抽象概念如何陈旧——热与冷、嫉妒、生活行为、风景如画与理想——他都有一些扎实东西可写。