褴褛

Seryozhka, a short-legged, ragged, mangy-looking fellow of thirty, stares angrily at the ice.

谢辽日卡是个三十岁上下的汉子，两腿很短，衣服褴褛，一副邋遢相。

The baker was standing behind his counter, disputing the items of a bill with a shabby-genteel young woman.

面包店老板站在柜台后面，正跟一个衣衫褴褛的、斯文的年轻女人为一笔账而争论。

He was carrying a basket on his arm filled with crudely made clay dolls and pinwheels made with waxed paper.

窗外站一个短衣褴褛的老头子，目不转睛地看窗里的的东西，臂上挽个篮，盛着粗拙的泥娃娃，和蜡纸粘的风转。

Even Ruth was hurt, for she had some regard for appearances, and her lover, cheek by jowl with Maria, at the head of that army of Portuguese ragamuffins, was not a pretty sight.

就连露丝也受到了伤害，因为她有些顾脸面，而她的爱人却跟玛利亚那么亲亲热热，带了那么一帮衣衫褴褛的葡萄牙小叫花子，那样子真不体面，而最叫她难受的却是他在她眼里那种没有自尊和自爱的样子。

He was no stranger to Thailand, having once taught in a Bangkok language school, but his hiding place was revealed by a trace on the mobile phone of his 25-year-old Thai boyfriend, identified by transvestites in the seedy beach town of Pattaya.

他对曼谷并不陌生，曾经在曼谷的一所语言学校里教书，但是他的隐居地的暴露是对他一名25岁泰国男朋友的移动电话的跟踪得到的。他的男朋友被认为有易装癖好，衣衫褴褛的出现在Pattaya的城镇上。

He was no stranger to Thailand, having once taught in a Bangkok language school, but his hiding place was revealed by a trace on the mobile phone of his 25-year-old Thai boyfriend, identified by transvestites in the seedy beach town of Pattaya.

泰国对他来说并不陌生，他曾经在曼谷语言学校教过学，他的行踪是通过他曼谷的25岁男朋友的移动电话泄露的，他的男朋友被认为有易装癖好，衣衫褴褛的出现在Pattaya的海滨城镇上。

In this remarkable debut, a range of characters rich in practical intelligence demonstrate the importance of influence. An electrician burdened with 12 daughters persuades his employer to give him a motorcycle; a servant sleeps her way into maintaining her position in a Lahore household; a down-at-heel woman pleads for a post with a distant rich relation.

故事中务实的主角闪亮登场，娓娓道来权势的重量：担负着12个女儿生活的电工终于说服了老板，为的只是一辆摩托车；女佣不惜以身体为代价，为的只是能在拉合尔的主人家留有一席之地；衣衫褴褛的妇女恳求有钱的远亲，为的只是区区一个工作。

Try distressed tops and pants, heavily patched in places, in faded shades of sand, earth, and flesh, worn with clogs or desert boots.

褴褛的外套和裤子上是各种补丁，褪去的颜色夹杂着泥土和血肉，脚上是木底鞋或是旅行鞋。

With so many others in that vast structure near the Golden Horn he was sitting next to a beggar with torn rags, head lowered, uttering some prayer.

他与许多人在靠近伊斯坦布尔金角旁的那个巨大的建筑内，坐在一位衣衫褴褛的乞丐旁，低垂着头，喃喃地在祷告。

But I feel it's worthwhile to try to live by the words of English author John Cowper Powys: No one can consider himself wholly civilized who does not look upon every individual, without a single exception, as of deep and startling interest.

还有一些人急匆匆地把几个硬币丢在他们乞求的手掌里，然后就快速地离开，生怕马上又看见20多个衣服褴褛的乞丐追上来。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。