tatters

Her clothes were reduced to tatters.她衣服已近褴褛。

They were dressed in tatters. [=in rags]他们穿得破烂不堪。

After the war, the economy was in tatters. [=was in a state of ruin]战争之后，经济一片破败。

Her hopes lay in tatters.她的希望破灭了。