the shabbiness of [noun phrase]
表示某物因破旧而产生的状态。
The shabbiness of the old house was heartbreaking.
老房子的破旧令人心碎。
破旧；褴褛；寒酸
破旧；寒酸。；衣衫褴褛；吝啬；卑鄙
the state of being shabby; lack of elegance from wearing threadbare or dirty clothes
仅指外表破旧寒酸，不指吝啬或卑鄙。
破旧；寒酸。
The property of being shabby.
The shabbiness of his jacket embarrassed him during the job interview.
面试时，他夹克的破旧让他感到难堪。
用法提示：此处“shabbiness”为名词，表示衣物破旧、褴褛的状态，在句中作主语。
I immediately noticed the shabbiness of her shoes when she walked in.
她一走进来，我就立刻注意到她鞋子的破旧。
用法提示：“shabbiness”为名词，作动词 noticed 的宾语，指鞋子破旧的外观。
His shabbiness stood out among the neatly dressed guests at the party.
在聚会上，他的一身寒酸在衣着整洁的宾客中格外显眼。
用法提示：“shabbiness”为抽象名词，指他衣着褴褛的整体状态，作主语使用。
表示某物因破旧而产生的状态。
The shabbiness of the old house was heartbreaking.
老房子的破旧令人心碎。
使用形容词修饰 shabbiness，强调程度或方面。
The general shabbiness of the area was depressing.
该地区整体的破旧让人沮丧。
shabbiness 作为主语，被动词描述其表现。
His shabbiness showed in the frayed cuffs.
他的破旧体现在磨破的袖口上。
grammar · medium
易错句子His clothes are shabbiness.
正确表达His clothes are shabby.
shabbiness是名词，不能作表语形容词；应使用形容词shabby。
grammar · medium
易错句子He showed a shabbiness in his manners.
正确表达He showed shabbiness in his manners.
shabbiness通常为不可数名词，前面不应加不定冠词a。
shoddiness指物品质量差、做工粗糙，而shabbiness指外观破旧或行为卑鄙。
stinginess只指吝啬，而shabbiness的吝啬义与之重叠，但shabbiness还有破旧、卑鄙等含义。
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