threadbare

1. ADJ Threadbare clothes, carpets, and other pieces of cloth look old, dull, and very thin, because they have been worn or used too much. (衣物、地毯等)破舊的; 磨薄的

She sat cross-legged on a square of threadbare carpet. 她磐腿坐在那塊破舊地毯的一方上。

2. ADJ If you describe an activity, an idea, or an argument as threadbare, you mean that it is very weak, or inadequate, or old and no longer interesting. (活動、想法、論點(diǎn)等)軟弱無力的; 陳舊乏味的

...the government's threadbare domestic policies. ...政府陳腐的國內(nèi)政策。