" He spoke of its being out of repair."

“那里需要修缮。”

The next morning after my arrival, he took me in his chariot to see the town, which is about half the bigness of London; but the houses very strangely built, and most of them out of repair.

我抵达的第二天早上，用车子带我去参观了这座城市，这座城市大约有敦一半大；但是房屋建造得非常奇怪，而且大多数都年久失修。

It was on our return, while passing through a small village, that I caught sight of Tibeats, seated in the door of a dirty grocery, looking somewhat seedy and out of repair.

就在我们返回途中， 经过一个时，我看到了蒂比茨， 坐在一家肮脏的杂货店门口， 看上去有些破旧而且年久失修。