ragtag

英 [ˈræɡtæɡ]

美 [ˈræɡtæɡ]

adj.  组织散漫的; 杂乱的; 给人印象差的

COCA.24795

牛津词典

adj.

• 组织散漫的；杂乱的；给人印象差的
  not well organized; giving a bad impression
  1. a ragtag band of rebels
     一队叛乱的乌合之众

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 混杂的；无组织纪律的
  If you want to say that a group of people or an organization is badly organized and not very respectable, you can describe it as aragtaggroup or organization.
  1. We started out with a little rag-tag team of 30 people.
     我们最初只是一支由30人组成的散兵游勇的队伍。

英英释义

noun

• disparaging terms for the common people
  Synonym:rabbleriffraffragtag and bobtail

双语例句

• In Congo, the UN is doing its best to hold the ring between several rival ragtag armies.
  在刚果，联合国正竭尽全力地遏制组织涣散的叛军进行争斗。
• A ragtag group of can-do ruffians trying to compete in a world that just doesn't seem to care.
  一群底层人事想竞争大世界，好象也没人在乎乎他们。
• A few days ago my ragtag group of soldiers journeyed to a small European town that had been untouched by warfare.
  几天以前，我们散兵部队来到一座欧洲小镇，那里尚未遭受战争的蹂躏。
• The day he took office, he likened his cabinet to a ragtag militia that helped overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate at the start of the Meiji era in the late19th century.
  在他就任那天，他曾将内阁比作19世纪末明治初期帮助推翻德川幕府的“奇兵队”。
• The reality of the extreme isolation due to "ragtag status" of Jewry and self obturation reinforced his inward self abasement.
  犹太民族的贱民身份以及因自我封闭而导致的极端孤立的现实处境，又进一步强化了卡夫卡内心的自卑意识。
• From a ragtag army of militias and regulars to you& the finest military that the world has ever known.
  从一支衣衫褴褛的民兵和正规兵队伍到你们这支世界迄今所知最优秀的军队。
• What started out as a couple of ragtag brazen Americans juggling on the streets of Europe as a great adventure has ended up being a great New York institution.
  最初，我们只是两个衣冠不整、莽撞冒失的人，如今，我们却发展成纽约市一个大型马戏团。
• EXAMPLE: A ragtag group of customers, some without jackets or scarves despite the snow outside, appeared at the door of our new shop the day we opened.
  在我们新店开张营业的那一天，外面下着雪，但来了一群衣衫不整的顾客，有的没穿外套和戴围巾。
• A second is a coalition with the National Alliance, a ragtag mix of freemarketeers, old-fashioned conservatives and nationalists ( some with dodgy pasts).
  第二个是建立一个全国联盟，该联盟由自由市场经济人，过时的保守主义者以及民族主义者（其中一些过去有污点）混合组成。
• A ragtag army roadblock on the outskirts of the city.
  一支杂牌军队在城郊设置的路障。