jalopy

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The old jalopy clanked up the hill.
這輛破舊的汽車(chē)哐啷哐啷地爬上了山坡。
Without this change, there can be no transition from carbon-burning jalopy to high-tech juggernaut and the drivers of the economy will find it harder to maintain control.
如果沒(méi)有此轉(zhuǎn)變，就不會(huì)有燒炭的老爺車(chē)向高科技的大卡車(chē)的轉(zhuǎn)變。而國(guó)家這輛“車(chē)”的“司機(jī)”，也將感覺(jué)到越來(lái)越難以控制住方向盤(pán)。
The other day in the midst of Port-au-Prince, the great degraded capital city that is my home, I saw a car, an old battered car, a jalopy, falter and sputter and come to a slow halt.
幾天前在我的家鄉(xiāng)——極度墮落的首都太子港，我看見(jiàn)一輛汽車(chē)，一輛破爛不堪的老爺車(chē)，吱吱嘎嘎地開(kāi)過(guò)來(lái)，一路東倒西歪，越開(kāi)越慢，最后停下不動(dòng)了。沒(méi)汽油了。