What did I make of this grandfather sleeping in rags on concrete?

我当时是怎样理解这样一位衣衫褴褛、直接躺在水泥地上的老人的呢？

'Those who formerly didn't even own sandals now hold treasures, and those who once wore precious robes go about in rags, ' the ancient papyrus tells us.

" 从前连便鞋也没有的人，现在有了珍宝；从前穿漂亮衣服的人，现在衣衫褴褛，" 一卷古老的莎草纸这样记述。

By 1960, Jet magazine was describing Parks as a: " tattered rag of her former self — penniless, debt-ridden, ailing with stomach ulcers, and a throat tumor, compressed into two rooms with her husband and mother."

到 1960 年，《Jet》杂志将帕克斯描述为：“她衣衫褴褛，身无分文，负债累累，胃溃疡，喉咙长了肿瘤，与丈夫和母亲挤在两个房间里。”

But one day, a poor boy came up in front of him.

突然有一天，一位衣衫褴褛的男孩出现在王子面前。

They are peopled by nightmare figures, crones and paupers in rags, their mouths gaping cavities.

画上满是噩梦般的人物，比如衣衫褴褛的老妪和乞丐，他们的嘴巴都张得大大的。

In 1275, three bedraggled men arrived at Kublai's Khan's vast marble palace.

1275年，三个衣衫褴褛的人来到忽必烈宏伟的大理石宫。

He couldn't carry the crown, looking like a ragamuffin.

他不能衣衫褴褛地拿着王冠。

They were wearing old, ragged clothes and no shoes.

他们穿着破旧、褴褛的衣物，而且没有鞋子。

Scarlett followed his gaze and saw a familiar sight, a bearded man coming slowly up the avenue under the cedars, a man clad in a ragged mixture of blue and gray uniforms, head bowed tiredly, feet dragging slowly.

思嘉朝他观看的方向看去，看见一个熟悉的人影，一个有胡子的人从林荫道的柏树底下缓缓走来，他穿着一身褴褛的蓝色混杂的军服，疲乏地耷拉着脑袋，慢腾腾地拖着两条沉重的腿。

One day, a poor little girl with a very ragged dress was going by and Susie heard some children teasing her and making fun of her.

一天，当一位衣衫褴褛的贫孩路过时，阳光孩听到一孩子们正在嘲笑她，拿她开玩笑。

Indeed, it was difficult to recognize in this tattered, unkempt wanderer, with ghastly white face and fierce, wild eyes, the spruce young hunter of former days.

的确，这个面色惨白、两目狰狞、衣衫褴褛、蓬首垢面的流浪汉，很难使人认出他就是当日那个年轻英俊的猎人。

In 1935 she had encountered Edith Piaf, a little scrap of a woman in a shabby black dress, performing on the street illegally.

1935年，她偶然遇到了伊迪丝·琵雅芙，一个衣衫褴褛的人，在街上非法表演。

She wore a dripping, tattered overcoat and shuffled along slowly. " Flowers, monsieur? Only one franc." No one bought any.

她浑身湿透，衣衫褴褛，脚穿一双水淋淋的破鞋，手里提着花篮，沿桌叫卖。 “买花吗，先生？一束才一个法郎哩。”谁也没有答理她。

Ser Illifer the Penniless bared his battered blade and reined in his horse to wait their coming. " They are close now" .

虔诚的唱诵声逐渐充斥树林，如同闷雷。突然间，声音的源头出现在道路前方。一群肮脏邋遢的乞丐帮兄弟当先领头，他们留大胡子，穿粗布长袍，有的赤脚，有的趿便鞋。后面走着大约六十个衣衫褴褛的男人、人和孩，还有一头花斑大母猪，几只绵羊。有几个男人拿着斧子，更多的拿粗糙的木头棍棒。他们中间有一辆用灰色碎木头做的双轮拖车，上面高高地堆满骷髅头和零零星星的断骨。看到雇佣骑士，乞丐帮兄弟们停下来，唱诵声渐渐平息。" 尊敬的骑士，" 其中一个乞丐说，" 愿圣母爱怜你们。"

This used to be a solid bloke commanding a bit of respect, but now his clothes hang on his body in rags.

他曾经是个魁梧且有几分威严的家伙，如今已是衣衫褴褛。

Rip looked, and beheld a precise counterpart of himself as he went up the mountain; apparently as lazy, and certainly as ragged.

瑞普举目望去，凝视着那位和自己长得很相像的人，见他正上山呢；显然，这人和他一样慢吞吞的，衣衫褴褛。

A thinly clad man and woman stood at the door which Eph opened. Both looked pale and tired, and the woman shivered.

一对衣衫褴褛的男站在伊芙打开的门前。两人都面色苍白，疲惫不堪，人打了个寒战。

Looking up I saw that we were surrounded by children in rags who were looking at us silently as we ate.

我抬头一看，发现我们被一群衣衫褴褛的孩团团围住了，他们在默不作声地看着我们吃饭。

Mr Wonka lurks in beggar's dress at the side of the stage, as if selecting a specimen for a social experiment.

在该剧中，王卡衣着褴褛如乞丐隐藏着自己的身份，好似要选一个标本做社会实验。

But Gretchen, a poorly-dressed little girl, did not quarrel or struggle with the rest, but remained standing modestly in the distance.

然而，格雷琴，一个衣衫褴褛的姑娘，并没有和其他人争抢，而是一直谦卑地站在远处。