柯林斯詞典tatters /?t?t?z/ 1. N-PLURAL Clothes that are in tatters are badly torn in several places, so that pieces can easily come off. (衣服) 破爛不堪 His jeans were left in tatters. 他的牛仔褲已破爛不堪。2. N-PLURAL If you say that something such as a plan or a person's state of mind is in tatters, you are emphasizing that it is weak, has suffered a lot of damage, and is likely to fail completely. (計劃、心情等) 千瘡百孔的狀態(tài)[強調(diào)] The economy is in tatters. 經(jīng)濟已千瘡百孔。 返回 tatters劍橋詞典?in tatters (especially of cloth ) badly torn (尤指衣服)破舊不堪的 Her clothes were old and in tatters. 她的衣服又舊又破。 badly damaged or completely spoiled 嚴(yán)重受損的,完全燬壞的 After the newspaper story appeared his reputation was in tatters. 事情見報後,他的名譽大大受損。 返回 tatters