1. China’s record as a citizen of the world is strikingly threadbare.
中国作为世界公民的记录俗套得惊人。
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2. He dropped the basket and his threadbare overcoat on the wooden table.
他把篮子和他那件破旧的大衣放到木桌上。
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3. The projects are the most visible sign of a growing Chinese presence in this threadbare little country with few natural resources and only marginal geographical advantages to tempt a great power.
4. After much hand-wringing, he decided to return to the United States to attend Yale, which overlooked his threadbare high school transcript.
经过一番痛苦的煎熬，他决定返回美国去耶鲁上大学，而耶鲁也忽视了他一塌糊涂的高中成绩单。
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5. After sorting the shoes by size, Woodburn selects the sturdiest pairs for the washing machine and the threadbare ones for recycling.
伍德伯恩按照鞋码将鞋子分类好后， 将比较坚固的鞋子放进洗衣机里洗，非常破旧的就扔了。
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6. Nearly naked, both males and females wore ill-fitting shorts or old-fashioned knickerbockers, and three or four had donned threadbare jerseys.
他们几乎是光着身子，无论男女都穿不合身的短裤或老式的灯笼裤，有三四个穿着破旧的运动衫。
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7. They found Mary, as usual, deep in the study of thorough bass and human nature; and had some new extracts to admire, and some new observations of threadbare morality to listen to.
8. They found Mary, as usual, deep in the study of thorough bass and human nature; and had some new extracts to admire, and some new observations of threadbare morality to listen to.
