I was struck by the shabbiness of the furnishings .

我感到惊讶的是家具非常破旧。

The place has a vaguely familiar feel to it, this air of transient shabbiness and nondescriptitude.

这地方有些熟悉，空气里含有转瞬即逝的破旧和难以形容的感觉。

Given a few days however, the city begins to reveal its true character and the shabbiness matters less.

但只要花几天时间去了解，这个城市就会显现出它真正的性格，破旧不堪并没有什么影响。

He didn't mind how he looked to other people, because the nursery magic had made him Real, and when you are Real shabbiness doesn't matter.

他才不在乎别人是怎么看他的呢，因为育儿室的魔力已经让他变成了真的，当你成为真实的东西以后，破旧的外表又算什么呢。

Writing in the Guardian, Timothy Garton Ash sees a Third World shabbiness when he visits the United States.

提摩西·加顿·阿希在《卫报》撰文时写道，在访问美国时，他看到了第三世界衣衫褴褛的样子。

One afternoon I was sitting outside the Café de la Paix, watching the splendor and the shabbiness of Parisian life.

一天下午，我在和平咖啡馆的外边闲坐，边观看着巴黎生活的豪华和丑恶。

Their gray uniforms were worn beyond the point of shabbiness.

他们灰色的制服已经破烂不堪。

At last they found on the quay one of those ancient night cabs which, as though they were ashamed to show their shabbiness during the day, are never seen round Paris until after dark.

末了，他俩在河沿上竟找着了一辆像是夜游病者一样的旧式轿车——这样的车子白天在巴黎如同感到自惭形秽，所以要到天黑以后才看得见它们。