英语词汇“the worse for wear”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

the worse for wear

informal

1In a poor condition; worn or shabby: the plane had been kept outside the motel for 30 years and was beginning to look the worse for wear...

The living-room is somewhat the worse for wear, with a threadbare dark red carpet.
Most of these filled baskets looked a little the worse for wear but there were a couple that were in reasonable condition.
It is rather the worse for wear, very grainy with pronounced film defects.

Synonyms

shabby, run down, worn out, falling to pieces, falling apart, dilapidated, rickety, ramshackle, crumbling, decayed, antiquated, superannuated, decrepit, on its last legs, battered;

untidy, unkempt, bedraggled, messy, dishevelled, ungroomed, ill-groomed

2Feeling rather unwell, especially as a result of drinking too much alcohol: we had a bad trip, and he emerged from his cabin looking the worse for wear...

Quite often he'd be drunk and rather the worse for wear.
McDonald said she was ‘near-speechless with indignation and anger’ at implications by the police that she had been the worse for wear after drinking.
As licensees we don't accept the blame for violent thugs who run riot anywhere because if, in our opinion, we feel someone in our pubs is the worse for wear because of drink then we refuse to serve them.

See parent entry: worse

单词	the worse for wear
释义	the worse for wear informal 1In a poor condition; worn or shabby: the plane had been kept outside the motel for 30 years and was beginning to look the worse for wear... The living-room is somewhat the worse for wear, with a threadbare dark red carpet. Most of these filled baskets looked a little the worse for wear but there were a couple that were in reasonable condition. It is rather the worse for wear, very grainy with pronounced film defects. Synonyms shabby, run down, worn out, falling to pieces, falling apart, dilapidated, rickety, ramshackle, crumbling, decayed, antiquated, superannuated, decrepit, on its last legs, battered; untidy, unkempt, bedraggled, messy, dishevelled, ungroomed, ill-groomed 2Feeling rather unwell, especially as a result of drinking too much alcohol: we had a bad trip, and he emerged from his cabin looking the worse for wear... Quite often he'd be drunk and rather the worse for wear. McDonald said she was ‘near-speechless with indignation and anger’ at implications by the police that she had been the worse for wear after drinking. As licensees we don't accept the blame for violent thugs who run riot anywhere because if, in our opinion, we feel someone in our pubs is the worse for wear because of drink then we refuse to serve them. See parent entry: worse
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