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Such revelations leave the accuser's credibility in tatters, whether or not her account of what took place in the hotel room is true.

无论这位原告所说的在酒店房间里发生的事情到底是真是假，这些事实的披露都使得她的可信度顷刻间崩溃。

Given Japan's already high public debt, it would also be hard to sustain; public services might still end up in tatters.

考虑到日本公共债台已经高筑，它即使限制年轻人就业也很难维持下去；公共服务仍有可能崩溃。

Just a year ago the fund's finances were in tatters and its relevance was in doubt.

一年前，组织陷入了财政危机，人们纷纷质疑它的作用。

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

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。

Chelsea produced a performance of great quality and strength to leave Liverpool's dreams in tatters after this quarter-final first leg.

在四分之一决赛第一回合中，切尔西以不俗的实力和力量粉碎了利物浦的美梦。

The husband presented his bride with a beautiful wrapped present that he had been saving for years. Her gift for him was in tatters.

丈夫将一份保存多年，包装精美的礼物送给了他的新娘，而新娘送出的礼物却是她衣衫褴褛的样子。

Once, an old man in tatters and his sick wife stopped me on the way back to the university.

在一次回大学的路上一对衣衫褴褛的夫妇拦住了我。

North Korea's economy is in tatters, and the North Korean government relies on aid from China to help alleviate widespread food shortages.

朝鲜的经济正处于萧条之中，而朝鲜政府依赖来自中国的援助，以帮助减缓大范围粮食短缺的困境。

With his reputation in tatters , a furious Lewis Hamilton and his father Anthony are said to be seriously considering leaving the team.

随着他的名声烂摊子，愤怒汉密尔顿和他的父亲安东尼都表示要认真考虑离开球队。

He had led early opinion polls but, unless the case against him quickly crumbles, his presidential ambitions appear to be in tatters.

他在早期的民意测验中领先，但是其总统雄心似乎破灭了，除非这件针对其的案件迅速完结。

While Kenya's big men refuse to compromise, the country's reputation as a beacon of stability in a sea of regional turbulence is in tatters.

正当肯尼亚的大佬们拒绝妥协之时，肯尼亚在地区动乱海洋中稳定的好名声也随之毁于一旦。

The Doha round of trade talks is in tatters, because farm protection is still too precious.

由于对农业的过分保护，已使得多哈回合谈判满目苍夷。

You spooked a lot of people last week when you talked about how the economy was in tatters and would be there for quite some time.

上周你说经济正在崩溃，并且将持续很长一段时间，把很多人吓到了。

With Congo's economy in tatters, its government near-bankrupt and his popularity plummeting, the young president needs a victory.

面对满目疮痍的经济，濒临崩溃的政府，和自己直线下滑的人气，刚果的年轻总统需要一场胜利。

His nuclear antics have also upset South Korea's president, Roh Moo-hyun, whose "sunshine" policy towards the North is in tatters.

金正日的核小丑表演也惹怒了南朝鲜总统卢武玄，他对北朝鲜的“阳光”政策彻底破产。

Adriano's positive pre-season could be in tatters after the Inter hitman suffered a potentially serious thigh injury.

阿德里亚诺遭受了一次可能很严重的大腿伤势，阿德里亚诺的良好的季前训练可能就此成为浮云。

The business of extracting fat fees from creating complex debt structures is in tatters.

通过制造复杂借贷结构而从中获取丰厚费用的经营方法已经失败。

By the time Queiroz comes back, the qualifying campaign could be in tatters.

等奎罗斯回来的时候冠军杯的资格赛目标应该已经梦碎了。

I know of a child who read a particular favourite book until it was in tatters.

我认识一个小孩，他把一本特别喜欢的书看得破旧不堪。

Public-health care in Luochuan, as elsewhere in rural China, is now in tatters .

洛川县目前的公共医疗系统和中国农村其他地区一样，破旧简陋。