詞彙精選：shabby的用法和辨析

一、詳細釋義：

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adj.

衣衫襤褸的；破舊的

例句：

He is a tramp in shabby old clothes.

他是個衣衫襤褸的流浪者。

例句：

His clothes were old and shabby.

他的衣服又舊又破。

吝嗇的，卑鄙的，低劣的，下流的

例句：

It was hard to say why the man deserved such shabby treatment.

真搞不懂爲什麼這個人就該受到如此不公正的待遇。

例句：

I knew it was shabby of me, but I couldn't help feeling slightly disappointed.

我知道我不應該這麼想，但我還是不禁覺得有點失望。

二、詞義辨析：

low,mean,cheap,shabby

這些形容詞均有“卑鄙的，卑賤的，卑下的”之意。low指行爲卑鄙、可恥、下文明，可引申指庸俗。 mean暗示狠毒、貪婪、缺乏尊嚴感等爲人們所不恥的卑鄙、自私、渺小的行爲。cheap側旨人或物的品質低劣下賤。shabby指行爲的不公和卑劣而使人感到不屑和輕蔑。

三、參考例句：

You look rather shabby in those shabby old clothes.

你穿着那些破舊的衣服顯得很寒酸。

He is shabby in dress.

他衣衫襤褸。

His shabby appearance creates a bad impression.

他那寒酸的樣子給人留下不好的印象。

He owns nothing beyond the shabby house.

除了那個破舊的房子，他一無所有。

Somehow it seemed shabby and even degrading.

而且，這種做法總好像很寒愴，甚至可以說很丟臉。

His clothes were old and shabby.

他的衣服又舊又破。

You look rather shabby in those clothes.

你穿着那種衣服顯得很寒酸。

He lives in a shabby house.

他住在一間破舊房子裏。

She looked at his shabby clothes with distaste.

她厭惡地看着他那襤褸的衣衫。

He is a tramp in shabby old clothes.

他是個衣衫襤褸的流浪者。