clapped-out

基本解釋

There are no taxis or public transport of any sort, bar the ubiquitous, clapped-out, jam-packed minibus taxis.
這里只有滿街跑的小公交，一隊(duì)一隊(duì)的，又爛又?jǐn)D，沒有出租車，也沒有其它公共交通設(shè)施。
Sensible regulations not only make it easier for new firms to get started, but also help established firms change direction and clapped-out firms declare bankruptcy.
合理的規(guī)章制度不僅有利于新公司的建立，同時還能幫助運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)中的公司掉轉(zhuǎn)方向，也使撐不下去的公司盡快宣布破產(chǎn)。
They would jeer whenever they saw one of those alien visitors in their clapped-out cars that would jerk to a halt in the market place and issue copious amounts of soot and smoke in the process.
那些外來的觀光客乘著陳舊的老爺車來到市場內(nèi)猛然剎停，這期間排放了大量的煙塵廢氣。當(dāng)?shù)厝酥灰c之一照面，就會加以冷嘲熱諷，一個也不會放過。

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