Standing on the threadbare carpet runner in the hall, my father blinks.(我爸爸站在通道里破旧的地毯上，眨着眼。)
A lady in a faded gingham dress and her husband, dressed in a homespun threadbare suit, stepped off the train in Boston.(一个穿着退色的带条纹棉布衣服的女士和她的丈夫，一个穿着粗糙的已经是磨破了的套装的男士，走出了波士顿的火车站。)
Pride may lurk under a threadbare cloak.(骄傲可能会潜藏在穿旧的斗篷下。)
His Cannons bedspread is a bit threadbare;(他的火炮队床单有些旧了；)
A threadbare overcoat did little to keep the piercing wind off Patrick Ryan's back as he walked briskly to the pub at Ballyblagh.(刺骨的寒风直侵骨髓，帕特里克·赖安穿着一件根本无法抵御御寒的破旧大衣，疾步走向位于巴利·布拉的酒馆。)
At some institutions, mounting losses are making the cushions of capital held for times of crisis look increasingly threadbare.(对某些机构来说，越积越多的损失使它们为市场危机准备的缓冲资本变得不堪一击。)
Given the unfolding catastrophe on Britain’s doorstep, it is likely to look threadbare.(在英国家门口的台阶上就把逐渐现形的经济危机拦住，这种办法看起来真够俗套的。)
On his arrest, he had been careful to take with him a threadbare cap and a shabby sheepskin coat that he had saved from his years in exile.(他被捕时，他小心地带上自己以前的流放岁月中保留下来的一顶破皮帽和一件褴褛的羊皮大衣。)
The carpets had worn rather threadbare.(地毯已磨得相当破旧了。)
All Internet connections are threadbare.(所有的网络联系都是表面的。)
