Meanwhile, facilities are threadbare. Half of primary schools have no electricity.

同时，教育设施也很破旧。一半的小学没通电。

In Omeapa, Guerrero, a group of mothers, some wrapped in threadbare shawls, pray in a small church.

格雷罗州Omeapa市，一些母亲戴着陈旧的围巾在一座小教堂里祈祷。

But their faces were as threadbare as a bookkeeper's office coat.

但他们的脸像簿记员的办公室外套一样破旧。

The prince pulled the threadbare stuff aside.

王子把破旧的东西拉到一边。

His wife was Ramona Desborough, who was not exactly threadbare herself.

他的妻子是雷蒙娜·德斯伯勒 (Ramona Desborough)， 她自己也算不上破旧。

He could hear nothing, but the drip, drip on the threadbare carpet.

他什么也听不见，只听见滴滴答答滴落在破旧地毯上的声音。

By the thousands threadbare people die before threescore.

数以千计的衣着破旧的人在60岁前死了。

He saw the same pinched faces, threadbare homespuns, bare feet and bent shoulders.

他看到了同样憔悴的面孔、破旧的土布、赤脚和弯曲的肩膀。

He pulls his old threadbare coat closer to his body with long knobby fingers.

他用长而多节的手指将那件破旧的外套拉近身体。

Christy glanced at his own threadbare knees, and then at Fred's beautiful white trousers.

克里斯蒂瞥了一眼自己光秃秃的膝盖， 又看了看弗雷德漂亮的白裤子。