shopworn 英 [ˈʃɒpwɔ:n]   美 [ˈʃɑpwɔrn]

shopworn

shopworn  英 [ˈʃɒpwɔ:n] 美 [ˈʃɑpwɔrn]

adj. 陈旧的;陈腐的 

John C, with its sliced tennis balls on the ends of chair and desk legs, is shopworn but pristine. 约翰·C设施陈旧(学校的网球被学生放在椅子面和课桌腿上削成薄片),但是很纯朴。
shopworn as these metaphors may be, they aptly capture the extreme and unexpected nature of the circumstances. 尽管这种隐喻可能已是陈腔滥调,但它们仍恰如其分地抓住了事情不可预知性和极端性的本质。

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  • adj. 陈旧的;陈腐的
  • 1. John C, with its sliced tennis balls on the ends of chair and desk legs, is shopworn but pristine.

    约翰·C设施陈旧(学校的网球被学生放在椅子面和课桌腿上削成薄片),但是很纯朴。

  • 2. shopworn as these metaphors may be, they aptly capture the extreme and unexpected nature of the circumstances.

    尽管这种隐喻可能已是陈腔滥调,但它们仍恰如其分地抓住了事情不可预知性和极端性的本质。

  • 3. However, despite his life-and-death battle with Diaz, Marquez should not be viewed as shopworn by any stretch of the imagination. Clean living and a Spartan work ethic has preserved him to an extent.

    不过,即便经历了与迪亚兹生死大战,也丝毫不能将马奎兹当做老旧之人,因为严谨的生活以及斯巴达克式的作风已在一定程度上保养了他。

shop·worn / ˈʃɒpwɔːn ; NAmE ˈʃɑːpwɔːrn / ( NAmE) ( BrE ˈshop-soiled ) adjective (of goods 商品 ) dirty or not in perfect condition because they have been in a shop/store for a long time 在商店摆放旧了的 ( figurative) a shopworn argument (= that is no longer new or useful) 陈旧的论点 shop·worn / ˈʃɒpwɔːn ; NAmE ˈʃɑːpwɔːrn /
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