汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 千瘡百孔
千瘡百孔 (千疮百孔)
see 百孔千瘡|百孔千疮[bai3 kong3 qian1 chuang1]
Describes that there are many loopholes, ills, or serious damage
谓破败不堪或弊病很多。
qiān () chuāng bǎi kǒng
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

经济已千疮百孔

The economy is in tatters.

这辆车被子弹打得千疮百孔

The car was riddled with bullets.

屋子因木材干腐而变得千疮百孔

The house was riddled with dry rot.

她仿佛变成了臭氧层,稀薄、无形,千疮百孔

She became the ozone, which was thin, invisible, and full of holes too.

不明来路的袭击者用枪把两座房屋打得千疮百孔

Unknown attackers riddled two homes with gunfire.

先用叉子把土豆戳得“千疮百孔”,再加热2分钟,取出。

Prick the potatoes all over with a fork and cook for 2 minutes.

经济领头羊建筑业已是千疮百孔,数十万处新建房屋滞销,短期内复苏无望。

The construction industry is in tatters and, with hundreds of thousands of unsold new houses, is not about to recover.

稳定与增长协定现在已是千疮百孔,不足以成为财政政策的强制约束力。

The stability and growth pact is now too full of holes to be a binding constraint on fiscal policy.

这个国家曾一度为其教育体系感到自豪。但现在它似乎已经千疮百孔了。唲。

This country was once proud of its education system. Now it seems to be in ruins.

他们的工作就是确保巴黎不会压塌它那千疮百孔的地基而沉入地下矿场。

It is their job to make sure Paris doesn't collapse into the quarries that riddle its foundations.