143: in tatters



今天我们要学的词组是in tatters。 In tatters指衣服等破烂不堪。比如有人衣衫褴褛 -- "His clothes are in tatters." In tatters也指事情处于崩溃状态。

比如西班牙的巴斯克分离主义分子在马德里机场制造爆炸事件,致使西班牙的和平进程处于崩溃状态,"Spain's peace process was in tatters after the Basque separatist bombing." 之前西班牙政府一直同分离主义分子进行谈判。可是政府的政策失败了,"The government's policy is now in tatters." 今天我们学习的词组是in tatters...

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