ram·shack·le
adjective/ˈræmʃækl/
/ˈræmʃækl/
- (of buildings, vehicles, furniture, etc.) in a very bad condition and needing repair
摇摇欲坠的；破烂不堪的 - a ramshackle house
东倒西歪的房子
- a ramshackle house
- (of an organization or a system) badly organized or designed and not likely to last very long
组织松散（而不能持久）的；行将瓦解的 - The opposition criticized the government’s ramshackle economic policies.
反对派批评政府摇摇欲坠的经济政策。
- The opposition criticized the government’s ramshackle economic policies.
Word Originearly 19th cent. (originally dialect in the sense ‘irregular, disorderly’): alteration of earlier ramshackled, altered form of obsolete ransackled ‘ransacked’.