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单词 tatters
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tatters
noun[plural]
uk
/ˈtæt.əz/us
/ˈtæt̬.ɚz/
in tatters
(especiallyofcloth)badlytorn:
（尤指衣服）破旧不堪的
Herclotheswereoldand in tatters.她的衣服又旧又破。
badlydamagedorcompletelyspoiled:
严重受损的，完全毁坏的
After thenewspaperstoryappearedhisreputationwas in tatters.事情见报后，他的名誉大大受损。
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In bad condition
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  • battle-scarred
  • be on the skidsidiom
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  • blasted
  • glitchy
  • have seen better daysidiom
  • hors de combat
  • impaired
  • in good, bad, etc. repairidiom
  • ruin
  • ruined
  • runsomeone/somethingdown
  • sad
  • scarred
  • the worse for wearidiom
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(Definition oftattersfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

tatters| American Dictionary

tatters
plural noun
us
/ˈtæt̬·ərz/
tornpieces:
Hisclotheswerein tatters(=tornapart).
(Definition oftattersfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftatters

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Others, their lives intatters, can only pray that their tormentor will tire and move on, or be imprisoned for another offence.
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We know that two managers departed, which left the management structure largely intatters.
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The asylum organisations have all said that the policy is now intatters.
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A promised agreement on the back of the annual price fix has collapsed intatters.
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Many people—ordinary, hard-working people—are being left with their legitimate expectations of a comfortable retirement intatters.
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If they are also to get out of the rags andtattersof what is left, it is quite breathtaking.
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In fact, the underlying monetarist theories are intatters, and the practical application of those theories unfortunately reduced to a charade.
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The sum total of these twists and turns of policy is that the policy is intatters, and it lacks any form of conviction.
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The targets lie intattersand the funding is clearly insufficient.
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The railways are intattersand hospitals in crisis: clearly we can't run a whelk stall.
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The first is intattersand the second in pieces.
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We shall inherit an industrial base which is intatters.
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In tearing a passion totattersin the way that he did, he was taking up an altogether mistaken attitude.
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The answer is that the policy is in shreds andtatters.
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At any rate, he tore the thing totatters.
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