Large families were crammed into tiny, ramshackle houses with no running water.

大家庭挤在摇摇欲坠的小房子里，没有自来水。

Oh, yes; that ramshackle place near the swamp, with the gipsy-looking people hanging about.

哦，是的； 沼泽附近那个摇摇欲坠的地方， 吉普赛人模样的人在附近闲逛。

And as you say, the American system is just, when you look at it, ramshackle.

正如你所说， 美国的制度只是， 当你看着它时， 摇摇欲坠。

For me, no visit to Alexandria is complete without venturing into its ramshackle market district.

对我来说，没有冒险进入摇摇欲坠的市场区，亚历山大之行就不算完整。

A seat had been placed here, and not far from it was a rather ramshackle shed.

这里已经放了一个座位， 不远处是一个相当摇摇欲坠的棚子。

It was a ramshackle building on a river with a lawn that ran down to the water.

那是一座建在河边的摇摇欲坠的建筑， 草坪一直延伸到河边。

The track at Saratoga is a ramshackle pile of kindling wood and the climate is hot and humid.

托加的赛道是一堆摇摇欲坠的引火柴， 气候炎热潮湿。

A ramshackle car came out from the lane that leads to Cow Hammock and turned toward the village.

一辆摇摇欲坠的汽车从通往牛吊床的小巷驶出， 转向村子。

Ove was left with not much more than a Saab, a ramshackle house a few miles out of town, and a dented old wristwatch.

除了一辆、郊几英里外一套破旧的房子和父亲那块变形的老腕表，欧维没有得到多少遗产。

We secured a ramshackle trap, and in a quarter of an hour were at the house of our confidential friend, the sergeant.

我们找到了一个摇摇欲坠的陷阱， 一刻钟后就到了我们的密友中士的家。

In contrast to the picture of Palestine Golda had painted for her American audiences, Tel Aviv was a ramshackle little town in the desert.

与戈达为美国观众描绘的巴勒斯坦景象相反，特维是沙漠中一座摇摇欲坠的小镇。

He spoke Swahili as well as Lingala. But he had been a taxi-driver in the capital for decades, and knew the ramshackle place like the back of his hand.

他讲斯瓦希里语和林加语。但他在首都开了几十年出租车，对这个摇摇欲坠的地方了如指掌。

The party with all this dancing and quartering was happening at a ramshackle house about three blocks from Shelli's apartment on the night she was killed.

在雪莉遇害的那天晚上， 在距离雪莉公寓大约三个街区的一座摇摇欲坠的房子里举行了所有这些舞蹈和驻扎的聚会。

And a few minutes later saw us creaking and jolting along, in the most ramshackle of automobiles that ever plied for hire, in the direction of Merlinville.

几分钟后，我们开着有史以来最摇摇欲坠的汽车， 摇摇晃晃地驶向梅林维。

By 1873, the British had sent a delegate to the Vooruitzigt farm, and they incorporated the  ramshackle settlement as the town of Kimberley, named for the British Colonial Secretary, the  Earl of Kimberley.

1873 年，英国派出一名代表前往 Vooruitzigt 农场，并将这个摇摇欲坠的定居点合并为金伯利镇，以英国殖民大臣金伯利伯爵的名字命名。

After an interminable time he ran up the steps of a dark ramshackle little house, and through the door, almost knocking over an immense negress who was walking, candle in hand, along the hall.

过了没完没了的一段时间后，他跑上了一座阴暗、摇摇欲坠的小房子的台阶，冲进了门，差点撞倒一个手拿蜡烛在走廊上走来走去的大黑人。

In fact his father and grandfather, respectively Vince McMahon senior and Jess McMahon, were wrestling promoters in the sport's early ramshackle days, when it comprised a set of regional fiefdoms that did not compete with each other.

事实上，他的父亲和祖父， 分别是 Vince McMahon senior 和 Jess McMahon，在这项运动早期摇摇欲坠的日子里是摔跤运动的发起人，当时它由一系列相互不竞争的区域领地组成。

But most of all it was the prospect of going in through those doors, buying the ticket, and then stripping his clean body and giving it over to the nameless things they did in this grisly ramshackle establishment.

但最重要的是通过那些门进去，买票，然后脱下他干净的身体， 把它交给他们在这个摇摇欲坠的可怕场所所做的无名之事的前景。

Our mission this morning is to take a photo of the three-wheeled contraption parked alongside a Ferrari or Lamborghini – which causes a mini traffic jam, much horn beeping and bewilderment as to why a ramshackle tuk-tuk is cluttering up the street.

今天早上，我们的任务是拍摄一张三轮车停在法利或兰基尼旁边的照片——这引起了小小的交通堵塞，喇叭声不断，人们对为什么一辆破旧的突突车占据了这条街道感到困惑。