down-at-heel

down-at-heel

美 　英

• adj.潦倒的

英汉双解

英汉解释

英英解释

例句

Until a few years ago, Tete was no more than a dusty down-at-heel stopping point for weary lorry drivers.

还在几年以前，太特城充其量只能称得上是一个让心神疲劳的卡车司机落脚的到处灰尘、邋遢破旧的停车点。

Although he was down-at-heel, he still had his pride and was determined not to accept any form of charity.

尽管他处境贫困，但他仍然保持傲气，并决意不接受任何形式的施舍。

His empire includes perhaps Macau's best-known casino, the Lisboa, which these days has the seedy air of a down-at-heel Blackpool nightclub.

他的帝国包括了或许是澳门最好的葡京赌场，现今却是破烂不堪的黑潭夜总会。

a down-at-heel woman pleads for a post with a distant rich relation.

衣衫褴褛的妇女恳求有钱的远亲，为的只是区区一个工作。

Haggard and pale, shabbily or raggedly dressed, their boots broken and down at heel, they slouched past.

他们形容憔悴，面色苍白，穿得破破烂烂，拖着塌了后跟的鞋子懒懒散散地走过去。

Although the stables' picket-fenced 26 acres (10. 5 hectares) is picturesque in parts, it is mostly ramshackle and down-at-heel.

虽然“马厩”那用尖桩栅栏围起来的26英亩（10.5公顷）土地可以算得上是妙趣横生，但这些栅栏现在都已东倒西歪、破烂不堪。

My shoes are down at heel; I must have them repaired.

我的鞋后跟磨破了，得找人补一补。

His boots were patched down at heel .

他的靴子七拼八补，后跟已坐了下去。

I had to let it happen, I had to change Couldn't stay all my life down at heel Looking out of the window, staying out of the sun

我必须令它发生，我必须改变不甘于一生跟着别人的脚步渴望窗外的阳光

It seemed, as the Mole remarked to the Rat, like some one walking in carpet slippers that were too large for him and down at heel;

这声音，正如鼹鼠对河鼠说的，像是有人趿着毡子拖鞋走路，鞋太大，而且破旧。