ramshackle

英 [ˈræmʃækl]

美 [ˈræmʃækl]

adj.  摇摇欲坠的; 破烂不堪的; 组织松散(不能持久)的; 行将瓦解的

过去分词：ramshackled　

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.18765 / COCA.17157

牛津词典

adj.

• 摇摇欲坠的；破烂不堪的
  in a very bad condition and needing repair
• 组织松散（不能持久）的；行将瓦解的
  badly organized or designed and not likely to last very long

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED （建筑）破烂不堪的，摇摇欲坠的
  Aramshacklebuilding is badly made or in bad condition, and looks as if it is likely to fall down.
  1. They entered the shop, which was a curious ramshackle building.
     他们进了商店，那是幢年久失修的奇特建筑。
• ADJ-GRADED （系统、联盟、收集物等）草率组合成的，拼凑的
  Aramshacklesystem, union, or collection of things has been put together without much thought and is not likely to work very well.
  1. They joined with a ramshackle alliance of other rebels.
     他们和一个由其他反叛者草草拼凑成的同盟联起手来。
  2. ...the present tax system, which the opposition says is ramshackle and complicated.
     被反对派批评为草率且复杂的现行税收体系

英英释义

adj

• in deplorable condition
  1. a street of bedraggled tenements
  2. a broken-down fence
  3. a ramshackle old pier
  4. a tumble-down shack
  Synonym:bedraggledbroken-downderelictdilapidatedtatterdemaliontumble-down

双语例句

• The Burrow includes a rather large, ramshackle house, a garage, a garden with a small lake, and yards surrounded by hedges.
  陋居包括一座相当大，摇摇欲坠的房子，一间车库，一座带有个小湖的花园，和被树篱围成的院子。
• From the start we were in a race: could we find Grivas before the Colonial Office stitched up a ramshackle deal?
  我们从一开始就处于竞赛状态：我们能在殖民部达成草率的交易之前找到格里瓦斯呢？
• There's a ramshackle old shed at the bottom of the garden.
  花园深处有间东倒西歪的旧棚子。
• A ramshackle cabin in the woods.
  一条小河蜿蜒地流过树林。
• They entered the shop, which was a curious ramshackle building.
  他们进了商店，那是幢年久失修的奇特建筑。
• Retired doctor Hu Yuan, 80, runs one of the few remaining refuges for abandoned pets in her ramshackle home in the ancient Long Tou Jing area of Beijing.
  已退休的医生胡元，80，违背了其中的少数仅存的庇护所，为被遗弃的宠物，她摇摇欲坠的家中古代长头婧面积北京。
• The facilities, by the standards of other British independent schools, are ramshackle.
  按照英国其它私立学校的标准衡量，其教学设施可谓破旧不堪。
• Their first car was a ramshackle affair.
  他们第一辆车破烂不堪。
• This ramshackle structure seems unlikely to solve the Iceland problem and will create many others, although it will allow supervisors to accumulate frequent flier miles at a rapid rate.
  这种粗糙的结构似乎不太可能解决冰岛问题，还将引发其它许多问题，尽管它会让监督者迅速积累飞行里程。
• They lived in a ramshackle little house near the forest.
  他们住在离森林不远的一所小破房子里。