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 financial crisis started from august 2007 in the United States, which not only make the American financial system ramshackle also let the word economy facing a huge pressure. It is still the international concerns.
  于2007年8月开始席卷美国金融市场的经济危机，不仅使该国金融体系摇摇欲坠，还让世界经济面临着巨大压力，至今仍是国际关注点。
• 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。
• 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。
• The hpublic transport system, mostly ramshackle trains and minibus taxis, is also strained.
  主要由快要散架的火车和小公共汽车组成公交系统同样吃紧。
• The principal remembers one mother who fell on hard times and took her children back to rural Guangxi, where the local school was a ramshackle affair with poor lighting and dirt floors.
  何少杰记得，有一位处境艰难的母亲把孩子带回了广西农村老家：那里的学校破破烂烂，照明条件很差，地面都是泥做的。
• 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 antediluvian tenement; antediluvian ideas; archaic laws.
  一间摇摇欲坠的古老的房屋；陈旧的思想；古代法律。
• Her ramshackle house lacks electricity;
  摇摇欲坠的房子没有电；
• Moments later, when another ramshackle compound comes into view, he adds," and that one belongs to two ladies from Hong Kong. "
  过了一会儿，当另外一家感觉快要倒塌似的府邸，进入我们的视野时，他说道：“这是属于一对来自香港的夫妇的。”