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单词 down-at-heel
释义
down-at-heel
adjective
uk
/ˌdaʊn.ətˈhɪəl/us
/ˌdaʊn.ətˈhɪəl/
(USalsodown-at-the-heel,down-at-the-heels)
wearingoldclothes, or in abadcondition, because of not having muchmoney:
衣衫破旧的；潦倒的；破落的，破败的
She had adecidedlydown-at-heelappearance.她外表看起来实在很寒酸。
Heworkedin a down-at-heelcafé.他在一家破破烂烂的咖啡店工作。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
In bad condition
  • battered
  • battle-scarred
  • be on the skidsidiom
  • beatsomeoneup
  • blasted
  • have seen better daysidiom
  • hors de combat
  • impaired
  • in good, bad, etc. repairidiom
  • in piecesidiom
  • ruined
  • runsomeone/somethingdown
  • sad
  • scarred
  • scuffed
  • the worse for wearidiom
  • worm-eaten
  • worn out
  • worse
  • worsening
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(Definition ofdown-at-heelfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdown-at-heel

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I think it is a flight of fancy to suggest that there are many millionaires owning thesedown-at-heelhouses.
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I think it is quite absurd to look upon him in a nineteenth century manner as a poor,down-at-heelindividual.
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Any kind of building can be either luxury or it can bedown-at-heel.
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I have never seen a more miserable, shuffling,down-at-heel, out-at-elbow and, most of all, sad and cheerless population.
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A shoddy,down-at-heelbuilding will certainly not attract young recruits.
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And he went on to say that if we do not make this dash for freedom we should remain adown-at-heel, offshore island.
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They are, in effect, much more like north-east towns, with high unemployment, low wages, closing factories and coal mines and a crumblingdown-at-heelinfrastructure.
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Such a programme would put those building workers back to work improving houses, modernising the inner cities and improving thedown-at-heelpublic infrastructure which afflicts so many communities.
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They do not appeardown-at-heel.
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Staying atdown-at-heelboarding houses (three-quarters empty) he smells the bacon and beer while being treated by proprietors with a mixture of shyness and suspicion.
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