down-at-heel

down-at-heel

美 　英

• adj.潦倒的

英漢雙解

英漢解釋

英英解釋

例句

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

還在幾年以前，太特城充其量只能稱得上是一個讓心神疲勞的卡車司機落腳的到處灰塵、邋遢破舊的停車點。

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

盡管他處境貧困，但他仍然保持傲氣，并決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.

他的帝國包括了或許是澳門最好的葡京賭場，現今卻是破爛不堪的黑潭夜總會。

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

衣衫襤褸的婦女懇求有錢的遠親，為的只是區區一個工作。

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

他們形容憔悴，面色蒼白，穿得破破爛爛，拖著塌了后跟的鞋子懶懶散散地走過去。

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

雖然“馬廄”那用尖樁柵欄圍起來的26英畝（10.5公頃）土地可以算得上是妙趣橫生，但這些柵欄現在都已東倒西歪、破爛不堪。

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

我的鞋后跟磨破了，得找人補一補。

His boots were patched down at heel .

他的靴子七拼八補，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

我必須令它發生，我必須改變不甘于一生跟著別人的腳步渴望窗外的陽光

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;

這聲音，正如鼴鼠對河鼠說的，像是有人趿著氈子拖鞋走路，鞋太大，而且破舊。