ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n]荒廢的;破舊失修的;衣衫褴褛的;窮困潦倒的 Something that is down-at-heel is in bad condition because it has been used too much or has not been looked after properly. If you say that someone is down-at-heel, you mean that they are wearing old, worn clothes because they have little money. 荒廢的;破舊失修的;衣衫褴褛的;窮困潦倒的
...a down-at-heel disco in central East Berlin.
在東柏林中心地區的一家破舊的迪斯科舞廳
...a down-at-heel waitress in a greasy New York diner.