
adj.在商店中陳列舊了的;陳舊的;磨損的
He was fat and looked shopworn around the nose and mouth. 他人長(zhǎng)得胖,鼻頭和嘴巴部分顯出一副不合時(shí)宜的可憐相。
And I think we're entering a phase where this marriage between advertising and editorial is getting a bit shopworn. 我覺(jué)得目前廣告和編輯之間的結(jié)合已經(jīng)老掉牙了。
However, despite his life-and-death battle with Diaz, Marquez should not be viewed as shopworn by any stretch of the imagination.Clean living and a Spartan work ethic has preserved him to an extent. 不過(guò),即便經(jīng)歷了與迪亞茲生死大戰(zhàn),也絲毫不能將馬奎茲當(dāng)做老舊之人,因?yàn)閲?yán)謹(jǐn)?shù)纳钜约八拱瓦_(dá)克式的作風(fēng)已在一定程度上保養(yǎng)了他。
shopworn anecdotes.See Synonyms at trite 陳舊的軼事參見(jiàn)
a shopworn argument(= that is no longer new or useful) 陳舊的論點(diǎn)