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shabby

adjective
🔊/ˈʃæbi/
🔊/ˈʃæbi/
(comparative shabbier, superlative shabbiest)
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  1. (of buildings, clothes, objects, etc.建筑物、衣服、物品等) in poor condition because they have been used a lot破旧的；破败的；破烂的 synonym scruffy
    • The outside of the house was beginning to look shabby.房屋外面开始显得破旧。
    • She wore shabby old jeans and a T-shirt.她穿着一条破旧的牛仔裤和一件 T 恤衫。🔊🔊
  2. (of a person人) badly dressed in clothes that have been worn a lot衣着破旧的 synonym scruffy
    • The old man was shabby and unkempt.老头蓬头垢面，衣衫褴褛。🔊🔊
    • I suddenly felt rather shabby and uncomfortable.我突然感到非常寒酸和不舒服。
  3. (of behaviour行为) unfair or unreasonable不公正的；不讲理的 synonym shoddy
    • She tried to make up for her shabby treatment of him.她先前待他不好，这时候想弥补一下。🔊🔊
    • a shabby affair简陋的事情
    • It was a shabby way to treat visitors.这是一种对待游客的破旧方法。
  4. (informal) not very good破旧的；破败的；破烂的
    • The contractors did a shabby job of building the extension.承包商在扩建部分方面做得很简陋。
    • Roberts has scored eight goals so far this season. Not too shabby (= very good) for a player who only joined the team this year.罗伯茨本赛季迄今已攻入八球。对于今年才加入该队的球员来说，不是太差。
    5. Word Originmid 17th cent.: from dialect shab ‘scab’ (from a Germanic base meaning ‘itch’) + -y.